Michel DESAUTELS

(b. abt. 1821 , Québec Province, Canada d. 31 May 1870 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Michel DESAUTELS was born abt. 1821 in Québec Province, Canada

Michel DESAUTELS was the child of Michel DESAUTELS and Josephte LUSSIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel-Amable DESAUTELS and Marie-Amable VANDANDAIGUE (maternal) Christophe LUSSIER and Marie-Anne LANGEVIN

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Michel married Mathilde QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME 13 February 1844 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mathilde QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME was born abt. 1829 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada . Mathilde died 10 October 1875 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Mathilde was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAFLAMME dit QUEMENEUR and Marie-Louise BERGERON.

Michel DESAUTELS died 31 May 1870 in Québec Province, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Michel DESAUTELS married

Mathilde QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME-- Date: 13 February 1844 Place: Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East
Mathilde QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAFLAMME dit QUEMENEUR and Marie-Louise BERGERON

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Children of Michel DESAUTELS and Mathilde QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME:

Michel DESAUTELS (b.15 January 1846, Saint-Pie, Canada East d. 15 September 1916, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada)
m. Sarah VINCENT 16 July 1872 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

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1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Michel DESAUTELS and Mathilde QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME 13 February 1844, Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Michel DESAUTELS was born 15 January 1846, Saint-Pie, Québec, Canada

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

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

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

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

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

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.