Sophie BOURGEOIS

Born

5 December 1801 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

11 August 1872 , Napierville, Québec, Canada

Sophie married Pierre HEBERT 24 November 1817 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre HEBERT was born abt. 1792 in Québec Province, Canada. Pierre died 19 September 1864 in Napierville, Canada East . Pierre was the child of David Rene HEBERT and Isabelle LANDRY .

Parents & Family of Sophie BOURGEOIS

Parents of Sophie BOURGEOIS

Father

Michel BOURGEOIS

Mother

Francoise ANTOINE

Grandparents of Sophie BOURGEOIS

Paternal grandparents

Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS Marguerite CYR

Maternal grandparents

Nicolas ANTOINE (ST ANTOINE) Marie-Catherine MAGNAN dite CHAMPAGNE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Sophie BOURGEOIS

Sophie BOURGEOIS married

Pierre HEBERT
Marriage date: 24 November 1817
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Pierre HEBERT was the child of David Rene HEBERT and Isabelle LANDRY

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

Children of Pierre HEBERT and Sophie BOURGEOIS

Henriette HEBERT

Born: 11 June 1833, Napierville, Lower Canada
Died: 25 August 1893, Napierville, Québec, Canada

Married: Gregoire GREGOIRE 15 July 1857 Place: Napierville, Canada East

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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 — 1801
5 December 1801
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

1817 Marriage / Partner
Sophie BOURGEOIS and Pierre HEBERT 24 November 1817, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 15 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

1833 Birth of Child
Henriette HEBERT was born 11 June 1833, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Sophie was 31 years old.

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)

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Henriette HEBERT married 15 July 1857, Napierville, Canada East to Gregoire GREGOIRE

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre HEBERT died 19 September 1864, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

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.