Sophie DUFOUR

Born

15 December 1812 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

29 June 1890 , Saint-Philippe-de-Néri, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

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Ambroise DUFOUR Marie-Victoire LORD

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Born: 15 December 1812 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Ambroise DUFOUR

Mother: Marie-Victoire LORD

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume-Marc DUFOUR , Marie TREMBLAY

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LORD , Emerentienne SAVARD

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Sophie married Paschal MICHAUD 13 August 1833 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Paschal MICHAUD was born abt. 1808 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Paschal died 27 December 1893 in Saint-Philippe-de-Néri,Kamouraska,Qc Canada. Paschal was the child of Jean-Pascal MICHAUD and Marie-Genevieve HUDON dite BEAULIEU.

Sophie DUFOUR died 29 June 1890 in Saint-Philippe-de-Néri, Kamouraska, Quebec, 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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Sophie DUFOUR married

Paschal MICHAUD
Marriage date: 13 August 1833
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Paschal MICHAUD was the child of Jean-Pascal MICHAUD and Marie-Genevieve HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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Edouard MICHAUD

Born: 23 August 1842, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East
Died: 19 March 1920, Saint-Philippe-de-Néri, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marie-Mathilde BEAUPRE 28 January 1868

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Birth — 1812
15 December 1812
Kamouraska, 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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Sophie DUFOUR and Paschal MICHAUD 13 August 1833 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 20 years old.

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)

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

1842 Birth of Child
Edouard MICHAUD was born 23 August 1842, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 29 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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.