Sophie LEMIEUX

Born

8 May 1820 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

15 January 1905 , Québec Province, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste LEMIEUX Marguerite LEREAU (L'HERAULT)

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Born: 8 May 1820 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste LEMIEUX

Mother: Marguerite LEREAU (L'HERAULT)

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume LEMIEUX , Marguerite DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LEREAU (L'HERAULT) , Angélique LAMOUREUX

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Sophie married Joseph CASAULT 18 February 1840 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph CASAULT was born 16 May 1812 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste CASAULT and Madeleine MATHIEU.

Sophie LEMIEUX died 15 January 1905 in Québec Province, 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 LEMIEUX married

Joseph CASAULT
Marriage date: 18 February 1840
Marriage place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Lower Canada
Joseph CASAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste CASAULT and Madeleine MATHIEU

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Children of Joseph CASAULT and Sophie LEMIEUX

Hermine CASULT

Born: 23 May 1842, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East
Died: 21 April 1918, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph BRAULT 27 February 1865 Place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

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Birth — 1820
8 May 1820
Québec Province, Canada

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 - 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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Sophie LEMIEUX and Joseph CASAULT 18 February 1840, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

She was 19 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Hermine CASULT was born 23 May 1842, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Sophie was 22 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)

1865 Marriage of Child
Hermine CASULT married 27 February 1865, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska) to Joseph BRAULT

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.