Individual Details
Michel Gregoire DESMARAIS
(9 May 1830 - 11 Sep 1909)
Events
| Birth | 9 May 1830 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Rouville, Québec, Canada |  | ||
| Christen | 9 May 1830 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Rouville, Québec, Canada |  | | |
| Marriage | 21 Oct 1851 | Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada - Marie PARISEAU | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1861 | Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East - Marie PARISEAU | | | |
| Residence | 1871 | Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada | | | |
| Marriage | 25 Sep 1871 | Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada - Marie Elmire VINCENT dit JARET | | | |
| Residence (family) | Apr 1881 | Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada - Marie Elmire VINCENT dit JARET | | | |
| Residence (family) | May 1891 | Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada - Marie Elmire VINCENT dit JARET | | | |
| Residence (family) | 31 Mar 1901 | Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada - Marie Elmire VINCENT dit JARET | | | |
| Death | 11 Sep 1909 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Rouville, Québec, Canada | | ||
| Burial | 21 Sep 1909 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Rouville, Québec, Canada | | |
Families
| Spouse | Marie Elmire VINCENT dit JARET (1840 - 1911) |
| Child | Félix DESMARAIS (1873 - 1949) |
| Child | Marie Louise Célina DESMARAIS (1876 - ) |
| Child | Hermas Pacifique DESMARAIS (1878 - ) |
| Child | Marie Anna DESMARAIS (1879 - ) |
| Child | DESMARAIS (1880 - 1880) |
| Child | Marie Rose Alma DESMARAIS (1882 - ) |
| Child | Elodie DESMARAIS (1885 - ) |
| Spouse | Marie PARISEAU (1826 - 1869) |
| Child | Marie Célina Malvina DESMARAIS (1852 - 1865) |
| Child | Frédéric DESMARAIS ( - ) |
| Child | Cyrille DESMARAIS (1855 - ) |
| Child | Onésime Julie DESMARAIS (1857 - 1931) |
| Child | Louis Elzéar DESMARAIS (1858 - ) |
| Child | Marie Louise DESMARAIS (1860 - 1865) |
| Child | Damase Isaïe DESMARAIS (1861 - ) |
| Child | Emma DESMARAIS (1862 - ) |
| Child | François Josaphat DESMARAIS (1864 - 1865) |
| Child | Rosana DESMARAIS (1865 - ) |
| Child | Antoine Hormisdas DESMARAIS (1866 - ) |
| Father | Jean Baptiste DESMARAIS ( - ) |
| Mother | Magdeleine LACASSE ( - ) |
| Sibling | Victor DESMARAIS ( - ) |
Notes
Christen
http://interactive.ancestry.com/1091/d13p_03950555?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1091%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=d13p_03950574Residence (family)
Enumerated with this family were Michel Desmarais, age 33; Marie Pariseau, age 35; and children: Cyrille, age 5; Louis, age 3; Louise, age 2; Frédéric, age 7; Onézime, age 4; and Marie, age 9.http://interactive.ancestry.com/1570/4108829_00005?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1570%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4108829_00244
Residence
Enumerated with this family were Michel Desmarais, a widowed farmer, age 45; and children: Frédérick, age 18; Cyrille, age 16; Onésime, age 14; Louis, age 12; Damase, age 11; Emma, age 9; Rosana, age 6; and Antoine, age 4.http://interactive.ancestry.com/1578/4395446_00391?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1578%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=4395446_00411
Marriage
Groom was from the United States.https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-28023-34665-33?cc=1321742&wc=MHB1-1M9:19822201,19822202,14464901
http://interactive.ancestry.com/1091/d13p_3670759?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1091%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=d13p_3670773
Residence (family)
Enumerated with this family were Michel Desmarais, a farmer, age 49; his wife, Elmire, age 41; and children: Cyrille, a farmer, age 27; Marceline, age 28; Onésime, age 23; Emma, age 19; Rosana, age 16; Antoine, age 14; Félix, age 8; Célina, age 4; Armas, age 3; and Anna, age 1. Also, Louise Vincent, age 69. They lived just down the road from the family of Elmire's brother, Azaric Vincent.http://interactive.ancestry.com/1577/31229_C_13203-00124?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1577%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=31229_C_13203-00152
Residence (family)
Enumerated with this family were Michel Desmarais, a farmer, age 60; his wife, Elmire, age 54; and children: Félix, a farmer, age 19; Célina, age 15; Hermas, age 12; Anna, age 11; and Élodie, age 6.http://interactive.ancestry.com/1274/30953_148221-00470?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1274%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=30953_148221-00499
Residence (family)
Enumerated with this family were Michel Desmarais, a farmer, age 70; his wife, Elmira, age 61; and children: Anna, age 21; Hermas, a student, age 23; and Elodie, age 16.http://interactive.ancestry.com/8826/z000169507?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d8826%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=z000169542
Burial
Burial record refers to Michel as a "bourgeois."Endnotes
1. 1881 Census of Canada, Québec, population, Saint-Hyacinthe (Dist. 62), Saint-Damase (subdist. K), div. 2, p. 5-6, images 28-29, dwelling 26, family 27, Michel Desmarais and family ; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1577 : accessed ); Canada. "Census of Canada, 1881." Statistics Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm C-13162 to C-13286. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.
2. 1901 Census of Canada, , population, Quebec, St-Hyacinthe, St-Damase, page 6, image 34, dwelling 46, family 47, lines 4-8, Michel Desmarais and family ; digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 4 May 2014); Library and Archives Canada.
3. 1891 Census of Canada, , population, Saint-Hyacinthe (Dist. 184), Saint-Damase, page 55, family 265, lines 8-14, Michel Desmarais and family ; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., (www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 October 2012); Library and Archives Canada.
4. "Parish Registers: Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville, Rouville, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 4 May 2014), Michel Gregoire Desmarais; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1830, image 20, baptism 54.
5. "Parish Registers: Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville, Quebec," digital images, FamilySearch.org ( : accessed 4 May 2014), Michel Gregoire Desmarais; Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979; 1819-1840, image 272, baptism 54.
6. "Parish Registers: Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville, Rouville, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 4 May 2014), Michel Gregoire Desmarais; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1830, image 20, baptism 54.
7. "Parish Registers: Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville, Quebec," digital images, FamilySearch.org ( : accessed 4 May 2014), Michel Gregoire Desmarais; Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979; 1819-1840, image 272, baptism 54.
8. "Parish Registers: Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 5 May 2014), Michel Desmarets and Marie Dalpé dit Pariseau; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1851, image 29, folio 28, marriage 22.
9. Census Returns for 1861, Canada East, population, St-Hyacinthe Co, parish of St-Damase, p. 115, image 111, lines 10-17, Michel Desmarais and family ; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., (www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2014); Library and Archives Canada.
10. 1871 Census of Canada, Québec, population, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Damase, pp. 41-42, images 21-22, dwelling 120, family 133, lines 18-20 and 1-6, Michel Desmarais and family ; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., (www. ancestry.com : accessed 4 May 2014); The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Library and Archives Canada.
11. Parish Registers: Saint-Damase (Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada), 1856-1876, folio 133, image 438, marriage 9, Michel Desmarais and Elmire Vincent; digital images, Familysearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742 : accessed 4 May 2014).
12. "Parish Registers: Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 4 May 2014), Michel Desmarais and Elmire Vincent; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1871, image 15, marriage 9.
13. 1881 Census of Canada, Québec, population, Saint-Hyacinthe (Dist. 62), Saint-Damase, images 28-29, dwelling 26, family 27, Michel Desmarais and family ; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1577 : accessed ); Canada. "Census of Canada, 1881." Statistics Canada Fonds, Record Group 31-C-1. LAC microfilm C-13162 to C-13286. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.
14. 1891 Census of Canada, , population, Saint-Hyacinthe (Dist. 184), Saint-Damase, page 55, family 265, lines 8-14, Michel Desmarais and family ; digital images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., (www.ancestry.com : accessed 7 October 2012); Library and Archives Canada.
15. 1901 Census of Canada, , population, Quebec, St-Hyacinthe, St-Damase, page 6, image 34, dwelling 46, family 47, lines 4-8, Michel Desmarais and family ; digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 4 May 2014); Library and Archives Canada.
16. "Parish Registers: Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville, Rouville, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), Michel Desmarais; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1909, folio 15, page 29, image 15, sepulture 15.
17. "Parish Registers: Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville, Rouville, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 4 May 2014), Michel Desmarais; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967; 1909, image 15, sepulture 15.