Marie-Sophie DEROME

(b. 16 February 1836 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada d. 25 May 1878 , Ste-Jeanne-de-Neuville, Pont-Rouge, Canada )

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Marie-Sophie DEROME was born 16 February 1836 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada

Marie-Sophie DEROME was the child of Isaie DEROME dit DESCARREAUX and Marguerite FRENETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois DEROME dit DESCARREAUX and Marguerite RICHARD (maternal) Simon FRENETTE and Isabelle LANGLOIS

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

Marie-Sophie married Jean BROUSSEAU 22 November 1853 in Cap-Santé, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean BROUSSEAU was born abt. 1832 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUSSEAU and Rebecca AVERY (IVORY).

Marie-Sophie DEROME died 25 May 1878 in Ste-Jeanne-de-Neuville, Pont-Rouge, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Family and Children of Marie-Sophie DEROME

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Marie-Sophie DEROME married

Jean BROUSSEAU-- Date: 22 November 1853 Place: Cap-Santé, Canada East
Jean BROUSSEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUSSEAU and Rebecca AVERY (IVORY)

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Children of Jean BROUSSEAU and Marie-Sophie DEROME:

Marie-Tharsile BROUSSEAU (b.9 June 1861, Cap-Santé, Canada East d. , )
m. Honoré-Elzéar AMYOT dit BEAUCAGE (BOCAGE) 7 August 1876

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1836 Birth
16 February 1836
Cap-Santé, Lower Canada

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Sophie DEROME and Jean BROUSSEAU 22 November 1853 , Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

She was 17 years old.

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

1861 Birth of Child
Marie-Tharsile BROUSSEAU was born 9 June 1861, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Marie-Sophie was 25 years old.

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.