Sophie LEMERISE

(b. 18 August 1833 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada d. 19 January 1911 , Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada )

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Sophie LEMERISE was born 18 August 1833 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Sophie LEMERISE was the child of Francois LEFEBVRE dit LEMERISE and Marie-Anne CAYA and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) and Elisabeth Isabelle BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

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

Sophie married Joseph MORIN 28 January 1862 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Joseph MORIN was born 14 August 1827 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Joseph died 29 May 1871 in Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada.

Sophie LEMERISE died 19 January 1911 in Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada.

Conjoint: Joseph MORIN, (m. 28 JAN 1862, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC)

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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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Sophie LEMERISE married

Joseph MORIN-- Date: 28 January 1862 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada East

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Children of Joseph MORIN and Sophie LEMERISE:

Parmelie MORIN (b.14 July 1864, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Canada East d. , )

Lumina MORIN (b.20 November 1865, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Canada East d. 4 April 1872, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada)

Omer MORIN (b.11 September 1867, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Canada East d. , )

Hormidas MORIN (b.22 June 1869, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada d. , )

Vitaline-Adelaide MORIN (b.14 November 1871, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada d. 19 February 1952, Lac-aux-Sables, Portneuf, Québec, Canada)

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1833 Birth
18 August 1833
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Baptism
Naissance: 18 AUG 1833, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC
Baptême: 18 AUG 1833, Baie-du-Febvre, Yamaska, QC
Par/ mar: Julien Carier et Uphrosine Martel.

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.

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

1862 Marriage / Partner
Sophie LEMERISE and Joseph MORIN 28 January 1862, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She was 28 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Parmelie MORIN was born 14 July 1864, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 30 years old.

1865 Birth of Child
Lumina MORIN was born 20 November 1865, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 32 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1867 Birth of Child
Omer MORIN was born 11 September 1867, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 34 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Birth of Child
Hormidas MORIN was born 22 June 1869, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 35 years old.

1871 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph MORIN died 29 May 1871, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada

1871 Birth of Child
Vitaline-Adelaide MORIN was born 14 November 1871, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 38 years old.

1872 Death of Child
Lumina MORIN died 4 April 1872, Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 38 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 Death
19 January 1911
Saint-Maurice, Champlain, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 77.

Added: 11/13/2020 12:08:30 PM - Updated: 4/6/2025 11:35:15 AM