Sophie GIROUARD

Born

21 October 1820 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

12 July 1886 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie married Joseph BOUSQUET 7 November 1837 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph BOUSQUET was born 20 January 1817 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada. Joseph died 3 April 1894 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Joseph-Marie BOUSQUET and Elisabeth CHAINE (CHENET) .

Parents & Family of Sophie GIROUARD

Parents of Sophie GIROUARD

Father

François-Alexandre GIROUARD

Mother

Marie-Pelagie GODBOUT

Grandparents of Sophie GIROUARD

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste GIROUARD Agathe ALLAIRE

Maternal grandparents

Nicolas GODBOUT Marie-Archange CHARTIER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Sophie GIROUARD

Sophie GIROUARD married

Joseph BOUSQUET
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

Joseph BOUSQUET was the child of Joseph-Marie BOUSQUET and Elisabeth CHAINE (CHENET)

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 — 1820
21 October 1820
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

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

She was 17 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

Sophie was 23 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.