Sophie MARCHESSAULT

Born

26 October 1816 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Died

18 May 1843 , Saint-Ours, Canada East

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Abraham MARCHESSAULT Emelie CORMIER

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Born: 26 October 1816 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Father: Abraham MARCHESSAULT

Mother: Emelie CORMIER

Paternal grandparents: Christophe MARCHESSAULT , Thérèse LARUE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre CORMIER , Reine LEVITRE

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Sophie married David DUHAMEL 18 June 1839 in Verchères, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
David DUHAMEL was born 15 March 1817 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). David was the child of Louis DUHAMEL and Josephte CHAGNON.

Sophie MARCHESSAULT died 18 May 1843 in Saint-Ours, Canada East .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Spouse & Children of Sophie MARCHESSAULT

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Sophie MARCHESSAULT married

David DUHAMEL
Marriage date: 18 June 1839
Marriage place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

David DUHAMEL was the child of Louis DUHAMEL and Josephte CHAGNON

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Name: David Duhamel

Spouse: Sophie Marchessea

[Saphie Marchessea]

Event: Mariage (Marriage)

Marriage Year: 1836-1848

Marriage Location: Verchères, Québec (Quebec)

Ancestry.com. Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.

Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.

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Children of David DUHAMEL and Sophie MARCHESSAULT

Hezilda DUHAMEL

Born: abt. 1842, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: October 27 1914, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Québec, Canada

Married: Stanislas-Pierre BAZIN January 7, 1861

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Birth — 1816
26 October 1816
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Sophie MARCHESSAULT and David DUHAMEL 18 June 1839, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 22 years old.