Marguerite LABROSSE

Born

10 July 1822 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Died

24 October 1889 , Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada

Marguerite married Joseph-Leandre MENARD 4 February 1839 in Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Joseph-Leandre MENARD was born 21 July 1812 in Montréal, Lower Canada . Joseph-Leandre died 12 June 1882 in Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada . Joseph-Leandre was the child of Pierre MENARD and Marie-Charlotte CHARTRAND .

Parents & Family of Marguerite LABROSSE

Parents of Marguerite LABROSSE

Father

Jean-Baptiste LABROSSE

Mother

Josephte FILION

Grandparents of Marguerite LABROSSE

Paternal grandparents

Joseph LABROSSE Marie-Rose BIROLEAU

Maternal grandparents

Antoine FILION Marie-Charlotte PARADIS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite LABROSSE

Marguerite LABROSSE married

Joseph-Leandre MENARD
Marriage date: 4 February 1839
Marriage place: Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Joseph-Leandre MENARD was the child of Pierre MENARD and Marie-Charlotte CHARTRAND

Marriage notes:

Name: Joseph Leandre Menard

Event Type: Mariage (Marriage)

Marriage Date: 1839

[4 Feb 1839]

Marriage Place: St-Hermas, Québec (Quebec)

Spouse: Marguerite Labrosse

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

Children of Joseph-Leandre MENARD and Marguerite LABROSSE

Leandre MENARD

Born: 2 December 1839, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Melina MENARD

Born: 12 April 1846, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East
Died: ,

Sophie MENARD

Born: 14 April 1850, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East
Died: 20 November 1900, Nahma, Delta Co., Michigan, USA

Married: Thomas GROLEAU 26 July 1870 Place: Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada

Delima MENARD

Born: 29 April 1862, Clarence Creek, Canada West
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1822
10 July 1822
Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower 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 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite LABROSSE and Joseph-Leandre MENARD 4 February 1839, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

She was 16 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Leandre MENARD was born 2 December 1839, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 17 years old.

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Melina MENARD was born 12 April 1846, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 23 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Sophie MENARD was born 14 April 1850, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 27 years old.

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

1862 Birth of Child
Delima MENARD was born 29 April 1862, Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada (Rockland)

Marguerite was 39 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.