Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS

(b. 8 May 1830 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. 18 September 1909 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada )

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Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS was born 8 May 1830 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESMARAIS and Madeleine LACASSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Benoit DESMARAIS and Marie-Agathe ST-JEAN dite LAPERCHE (maternal) Joseph LACASSE and Marie-Apolline LACROIX

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Michel-Gregoire married Marie DALPE dite PARISEAU 21 October 1851 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Marie DALPE dite PARISEAU was born 13 April 1825 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada . Marie died 12 October 1869 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada . Marie was the child of Michel DALPE dit PARISEAU and Louise DANSEREAU.

Michel-Gregoire married (2) Marie-Elmire VINCENT dite JARET 25 September 1871 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Elmire VINCENT dite JARET was born 27 January 1840 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Elmire died 26 June 1911 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Marie-Elmire was the child of Michel JARRET dit VINCENT and Louise HAYET dite MALO.

Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS died 18 September 1909 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada .
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Marie DALPE dite PARISEAU-- Date: 21 October 1851 Place: Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East
Marie DALPE dite PARISEAU was the child of Michel DALPE dit PARISEAU and Louise DANSEREAU

His parents are Jean Baptiste Desmarais and Madeleine Lacasse. Her parents are Michel Dalpe dit Pariseau and Louise Dansereau. NOTE: Marie Louise Danserault died 16 Aug 1866 at St-Damase. She was 73 years old.

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Children of Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS and Marie DALPE dite PARISEAU:

Marie-Celina-Malvina DESMARAIS (b.6 August 1852, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. 10 July 1865, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East )

Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Frederic DESMARAIS (b.4 September 1853, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. , )

Cyrille (Michel Cyrille Agapit) DESMARAIS (b.21 June 1855, Saint-Pie, Canada East d. abt. 1926, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Marceline RAPANAULT (CYRIAC) (SYRIAC) (THIRIAC) 23 August 1874 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Onésime Julie DESMARAIS (b.23 March 1857, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. 6 March 1931, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA )

Louis-Elzear DESMARAIS (b.30 December 1858, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. abt. 1871, )

Marie-Louise DESMARAIS (b.15 January 1860, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. 30 June 1865, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East )

Damase-Isaie DESMARAIS (b.1 February 1861, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. 21 June 1957, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Celina-Rose-Anna BLANCHETTE (BLANCHET) 29 August 1889 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Marie-Rose-Delima DESMARAIS (b.25 June 1862, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. 14 October 1918, St Andre d'Acton Vale de Bagot, St Hyacinthe Quebec, Canada)
m. Hermas FONTAINE 15 July 1884 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

François-Josaphat DESMARAIS (b.14 April 1864, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. 20 June 1865, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East )

Ozina (Rosana) DESMARAIS (b.28 June 1865, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. , , Massachusetts, USA)
m. Leon A RAPANAULT 1882

Antoine-Hormidas DESMARAIS (b.7 September 1866, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. 6 December 1932, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Anne BELISLE 22 November 1887 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS married

Marie-Elmire VINCENT dite JARET-- Date: 25 September 1871 Place: Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
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Marie-Elmire VINCENT dite JARET was the child of Michel JARRET dit VINCENT and Louise HAYET dite MALO

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Children of Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS and Marie-Elmire VINCENT dite JARET:

Felix DESMARAIS (b.28 July 1872, Putnam, Connecticut, USA d. abt. 1949, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Helen DAIGNAULT 24 July 1893 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Marie-Louise-Célina DESMARAIS (b.20 September 1876, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada d. , )

Hermas-Pacifique DESMARAIS (b.25 May 1878, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Anne DESMARAIS (b.28 July 1879, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Philippe MEUNIER 30 June 1903 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Marie-Rose-Alma DESMARAIS (b.10 August 1882, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada d. 11 March 1884, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada )

Marie Exilda Leodie (Elodie) DESMARAIS (b.19 January 1885, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Elphège MEUNIER 9 January 1905 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

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1830 Birth
8 May 1830
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS and Marie DALPE dite PARISEAU 21 October 1851, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1851 St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Name: Michel Démarais
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Year (Estimated): 1829
Birthplace: St Jean Bte
Province: Canada East (Quebec)
District: St. Hyacinthe County
District Number: 31
Sub-District: St Damase
Sub-District Number: 400
Page Number: 33
Line Number: 42
Affiliate Film Number: C_1141
1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
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1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS - 1851 Marriage St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada

1851 Marriage
St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada

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1852 Birth of Child
Marie-Celina-Malvina DESMARAIS was born 6 August 1852, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 22 years old.

1853 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Marie-Frederic DESMARAIS was born 4 September 1853, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 23 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Birth of Child
Cyrille (Michel Cyrille Agapit) DESMARAIS was born 21 June 1855, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 25 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Onésime Julie DESMARAIS was born 23 March 1857, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 26 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Louis-Elzear DESMARAIS was born 30 December 1858, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 28 years old.

1860 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DESMARAIS was born 15 January 1860, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 29 years old.

1861 St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Name: Michel Desmarais
Gender: Male
Event Place: St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Age: 33
Birth Year (Estimated): 1828
Birthplace: Bas Canada
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Catholique
Page Number: 115
Line Number: 10
GS Film number: 517424
Affiliate Film Number: C-1319-1320
Digital Folder Number: 4108829
Image Number: 244

Name: Marie Pariseau
Gender: Female
Event Place: St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Age: 35
Birth Year (Estimated): 1826
Birthplace: Bas Canada
Marital Status: Married

Name: Cyrille Desmarais
Gender: Male
Event Place: St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Age: 5
Birth Year (Estimated): 1856
Birthplace: Bas Canada
Marital Status: Single

Name: Louis Desmarais
Gender: Male
Event Place: St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Age: 3
Birth Year (Estimated): 1858
Birthplace: Bas Canada
Marital Status: Single

Name: Louise Desmarais
Gender: Female
Event Place: St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Age: 2
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1861 Canadian Census
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1861 Birth of Child
Damase-Isaie DESMARAIS was born 1 February 1861, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 30 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose-Delima DESMARAIS was born 25 June 1862, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 32 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
François-Josaphat DESMARAIS was born 14 April 1864, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 33 years old.

1865 Death of Child
François-Josaphat DESMARAIS died 20 June 1865, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 35 years old.

1865 Birth of Child
Ozina (Rosana) DESMARAIS was born 28 June 1865, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 35 years old.

1865 Death of Child
Marie-Louise DESMARAIS died 30 June 1865, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 35 years old.

1865 Death of Child
Marie-Celina-Malvina DESMARAIS died 10 July 1865, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 35 years old.

1866 Birth of Child
Antoine-Hormidas DESMARAIS was born 7 September 1866, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 36 years old.

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie DALPE dite PARISEAU died 12 October 1869, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

1871 Marriage / Partner
Michel-Gregoire DESMARAIS and Marie-Elmire VINCENT dite JARET 25 September 1871, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

He was 41 years old.

1871 - St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Name: Michel Desmerais
[Michel Desmarais]
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birth Place: Quebec
Marital Status: Widowed
Religion: Catholic
Origin: French
Province: Quebec
District: St Hyacinthe
District Number: 121
Division: 01
Subdistrict: St Damase
Subdistrict Number: a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Lacombe 68
Joseph Lacombe 33
Noil Lacombe 21
Olivier Lacombe 18
Valérie Lacombe 15
Isaac Lacombe 10
Andelie Lacombe 25
Michel Desmerais 45
Fréderick Desmerais 18
Cyrille Desmerais 16
Onesime Desmarais 14
Louis Desmarais 12
Damase Desmarais 11
Emma Desmarais 9
Rosana Desmarais 6
Antoine Desmarais 4

1871 Canadian Census
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1872 Birth of Child
Felix DESMARAIS was born 28 July 1872, Putnam, Connecticut, USA (Aspinock)

Michel-Gregoire was 42 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Marriage of Child
Cyrille (Michel Cyrille Agapit) DESMARAIS married 23 August 1874, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Marceline RAPANAULT (CYRIAC) (SYRIAC) (THIRIAC)

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise-Célina DESMARAIS was born 20 September 1876, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 46 years old.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 Birth of Child
Hermas-Pacifique DESMARAIS was born 25 May 1878, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 48 years old.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne DESMARAIS was born 28 July 1879, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 49 years old.

1881 Ste-Damase, Ste-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Name: Michel Desmarais
Name Note:
Gender: Male
Age: 49y
Birth Year: 1832
Birthplace: Quebec
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Cultivateur
Ethnicity: French
Religion: Catholique
Head of Household Name: Michel Desmarais
Born During Last Year:
Event Place: St-Damase, Ste-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
District Number: 62
Sub-District: K
Division: 2
Page Number: 5
Household ID: 1043599
Family Number: 27
Digital Folder Number: 4463857
Image Number: 00152
GS Film number: 1375839
Affiliate Film Number: C-13203
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Michel Desmarais M 49y Quebec
Elmire Desmarais F 41y Quebec
Cyrille Desmarais M 27y Quebec
Marcelina Desmarais F 28y Quebec
Onésime Desmarais F 23y Quebec
Emma Desmarais F 19y Quebec
Casina Desmarais F 16y Quebec
Antoine Desmarais M 14y Quebec
Félix Desmarais M 8y Quebec
Célima Desmarais F 4y Quebec
Armas Desmarais M 3y Quebec
Anna Desmarais F 1y Quebec
1881 Canadian Census
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1882 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose-Alma DESMARAIS was born 10 August 1882, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 52 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Death of Child
Marie-Rose-Alma DESMARAIS died 11 March 1884, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 53 years old.

1884 Marriage of Child
Marie-Rose-Delima DESMARAIS married 15 July 1884, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada to Hermas FONTAINE

1885 Birth of Child
Marie Exilda Leodie (Elodie) DESMARAIS was born 19 January 1885, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Michel-Gregoire was 54 years old.

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1887 Marriage of Child
Antoine-Hormidas DESMARAIS married 22 November 1887, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Marie-Anne BELISLE

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 Marriage of Child
Damase-Isaie DESMARAIS married 29 August 1889, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada to Marie-Celina-Rose-Anna BLANCHETTE (BLANCHET)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 St-Damase, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Name: Michel Desmarais
Gender: Male
Age: 60
Birth Year (Estimated): 1831
Birthplace: Quebec
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Roman Catholic
Province: Quebec
District: St Hyacinthe
District Number: 184
Sub-District: St Damase
Affiliate Film Number: 30953_148221

Name: Elmire Desmarais
Gender: Female
Age: 54
Birth Year (Estimated): 1837
Birthplace: Quebec
Marital Status: Married

Name: Felise Desmarais
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Birth Year (Estimated): 1872
Birthplace: Quebec
Marital Status: Single

Name: Celima Desmarais
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Birth Year (Estimated): 1876
Birthplace: Quebec
Marital Status: Single

Name: Hermas Desmarais
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Birth Year (Estimated): 1879
Birthplace: Quebec
Marital Status: Single

Name: Anna Desmarais
Gender: Female
Age: 11
Birth Year (Estimated): 1880
Birthplace: Quebec
Marital Status: Single

Name: Elodie Desmarais
Gender: Female
Age: 6
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1891 Canadian Census
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1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1893 Marriage of Child
Felix DESMARAIS married 24 July 1893, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale) to Helen DAIGNAULT

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Name: Michel Desmarais
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 31 Mar 1901
Event Place: F, Saint-hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Gender: Male
Age:
Marital Status: Married
Ethnicity: Francaise
Nationality: Canadienne
Religion: Roman Catholic
Relationship to Head of Household: Chef
Birthplace: Qc
Birth Year (Estimated): 1831
Page: 6
Family Number: 48
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Chef Michel Desmarais M 70 Qc
Épouse Elmire Desmarais F 61 Qc
Fille Anna Desmarais F 21 Qc
Fils Hermas Desmarais M 23 Qc
Fille Elodie Desmarais F 16 Qc
1901 Canadian Census
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1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1903 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne DESMARAIS married 30 June 1903, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Philippe MEUNIER

1905 Marriage of Child
Marie Exilda Leodie (Elodie) DESMARAIS married 9 January 1905, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Elphège MEUNIER

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 Death
18 September 1909
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 79.

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