Felicite SEVIGNY

Born

3 May 1828 , Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada

Died

12 June 1899 , Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Marie SEVIGNY Catherine LEDOUX

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Born: 3 May 1828 in Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Marie SEVIGNY

Mother: Catherine LEDOUX

Paternal grandparents: Joseph SEVIGNY , Marie-Thérèse GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

Maternal grandparents: Louis LEDOUX , Marguerite BERTRAND

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Felicite married Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX 15 September 1845 in Granby, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre died 14 June 1886 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marguerite REIMSHNEDER.

Felicite SEVIGNY died 12 June 1899 in Sherbrooke, 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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Felicite SEVIGNY married

Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX
Marriage date: 15 September 1845
Marriage place: Granby, Canada East
Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX was the child of Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marguerite REIMSHNEDER

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Children of Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Felicite SEVIGNY

Guillaume LACROIX

Born: 10 May 1865, Sherbrooke, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Georgianna GADBOIS 11 September 1909 Place: Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1828
3 May 1828
Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada

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 - 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)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Felicite SEVIGNY and Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX 15 September 1845 , Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby)

She was 17 years old.

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)

1865 Birth of Child
Guillaume LACROIX was born 10 May 1865, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Felicite was 37 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.