Sophie GIROUARD

(b. 21 October 1820 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 12 July 1886 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Sophie GIROUARD was born 21 October 1820 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Sophie GIROUARD was the child of François-Alexandre GIROUARD and Marie-Pelagie GODBOUT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste GIROUARD and Agathe ALLAIRE (maternal) Nicolas GODBOUT and Marie-Archange CHARTIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

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, Québec, 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).

Sophie GIROUARD died 12 July 1886 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, 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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Family and Children of Sophie GIROUARD

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Sophie GIROUARD married

Joseph BOUSQUET-- Date: 7 November 1837 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
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Joseph BOUSQUET was the child of Joseph-Marie BOUSQUET and Elisabeth CHAINE (CHENET)

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Children of Joseph BOUSQUET and Sophie GIROUARD:

Celine BOUSQUET (b.16 June 1844, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East d. 13 June 1884, , Minnesota, USA)
m. Pierre FISETTE 8 October 1867 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1820 Birth
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.