Joseph BOUSQUET

Born

20 January 1817 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

3 April 1894 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph married Sophie GIROUARD 7 November 1837 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie GIROUARD was born 21 October 1820 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada. Sophie died 12 July 1886 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Sophie was the child of François-Alexandre GIROUARD and Marie-Pelagie GODBOUT .

Parents & Family of Joseph BOUSQUET

Parents of Joseph BOUSQUET

Father

Joseph-Marie BOUSQUET

Mother

Elisabeth CHAINE (CHENET)

Grandparents of Joseph BOUSQUET

Paternal grandparents

Joseph BOUSQUET Marie-Judith MESSIER

Maternal grandparents

Alexis CHAINE (CHENET) Marguerite BREAU (BRAULT)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph BOUSQUET

Joseph BOUSQUET married

Sophie GIROUARD
Marriage date: 7 November 1837
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Sophie GIROUARD was the child of François-Alexandre GIROUARD and Marie-Pelagie GODBOUT

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph BOUSQUET and Sophie GIROUARD

Celine BOUSQUET

Born: 16 June 1844, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 13 June 1884, , Minnesota, USA

Married: Pierre FISETTE 8 October 1867 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1817
20 January 1817
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BOUSQUET and Sophie GIROUARD 7 November 1837, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1837 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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 Birth of Child
Celine BOUSQUET was born 16 June 1844, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 27 years old.

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)

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.