Sophie RIEL

Born

25 September 1802 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

12 January 1874 , Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste RIEL Cecile LANCTOT

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Born: 25 September 1802 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste RIEL

Mother: Cecile LANCTOT

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas RIEL dit L'IRLANDE , Marie-Catherine AGAGNIER (HAGUENIER)

Maternal grandparents: Alexis LANCTOT , Marguerite HÉBERT

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Sophie married Michel NEVEU 10 July 1821 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel NEVEU was born 8 June 1798 in Montréal, Lower Canada . Michel died 30 September 1854 in Sherbrooke, Canada East. Michel was the child of Michel NEVEU and Marie GAILLARD.

Sophie RIEL died 12 January 1874 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
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Sophie RIEL married

Michel NEVEU
Marriage date: 10 July 1821
Marriage place: Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Michel NEVEU was the child of Michel NEVEU and Marie GAILLARD

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Children of Michel NEVEU and Sophie RIEL

Moise NEVEU

Born: abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Philomene CLAIRE dite HOUDE 2 August 1852 Place: Sherbrooke, Canada East

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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 — 1802
25 September 1802
La Prairie, Lower Canada

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Sophie RIEL and Michel NEVEU 10 July 1821, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

She was 18 years old.

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

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.

1852 Marriage of Child
Moise NEVEU married 2 August 1852, Sherbrooke, Canada East to Marie-Philomene CLAIRE dite HOUDE

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Michel NEVEU died 30 September 1854, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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)

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.