Sophie DUQUET (DUQUETTE)

Born

6 June 1841 , Napierville, Canada East

Died

1 August 1917 , Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Sophie married Antoine FILION 14 February 1860 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Antoine FILION was born 24 April 1840 in Napierville, Lower Canada . Antoine died 17 August 1933 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada. Antoine was the child of Jean-Baptiste FILION and Flavie BOUDREAU .

Parents & Family of Sophie DUQUET (DUQUETTE)

Parents of Sophie DUQUET (DUQUETTE)

Father

Eustache DUQUET (DUQUETTE)

Mother

Marie-Catherine TREMBLAY

Grandparents of Sophie DUQUET (DUQUETTE)

Paternal grandparents

Paul DUQUET Marie-Catherine LONGTIN

Maternal grandparents

Augustin TREMBLAY Marie-Agathe DENIAU (DAIGNEAU)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Sophie DUQUET (DUQUETTE)

Sophie DUQUET (DUQUETTE) married

Antoine FILION
Marriage date: 14 February 1860
Marriage place: Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East

See marriage record for Sophie DUQUET (DUQUETTE) and Antoine FILION
Antoine FILION was the child of Jean-Baptiste FILION and Flavie BOUDREAU

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

Children of Antoine FILION and Sophie DUQUET (DUQUETTE)

Antoine-Joseph FILION

Born: 5 May 1865, Napierville, Canada East
Died: 1 April 1939, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Justina FILION

Born: abt. 1876, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

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 — 1841
6 June 1841
Napierville, Canada East

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

1860 Marriage / Partner
Sophie DUQUET (DUQUETTE) and Antoine FILION 14 February 1860, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Antoine-Joseph FILION was born 5 May 1865, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Sophie was 23 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)