Sophie PARÉ

Born

26 May 1808 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

29 September 1880 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Leon PARÉ Marie-Angélique GRENIER

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Born: 26 May 1808 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Leon PARÉ

Mother: Marie-Angélique GRENIER

Paternal grandparents: Leon PARÉ , Marie-Louise DEMERS

Maternal grandparents: Louis GRENIER , Marie-Angelique-Gertrude BERGERON

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

Sophie married Louis LEBLANC 2 August 1825 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 16 children.
Louis LEBLANC was born 5 October 1803 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada. Louis died 5 October 1876 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Louis LEBLANC and Marie-Josephte VIGEANT.

Sophie PARÉ died 29 September 1880 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.
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Sophie PARÉ married

Louis LEBLANC
Marriage date: 2 August 1825
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Louis LEBLANC was the child of Louis LEBLANC and Marie-Josephte VIGEANT

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Children of Louis LEBLANC and Sophie PARÉ

Louis LEBLANC

Born: 2 August 1826, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 12 August 1826, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Paul LEBLANC

Born: 18 July 1827, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Julien LEBLANC

Born: 21 February 1829, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Magloire LEBLANC

Born: 15 April 1830, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Louise LEBLANC

Born: 12 February 1832, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Pierre LEBLANC

Born: 16 May 1833, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 1 April 1894, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Hedwidge ARCHAMBAULT 1 April 1856 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Joseph-Octave LEBLANC

Born: 8 January 1835, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Michel LEBLANC

Born: 17 September 1836, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Emilie LEBLANC

Born: 11 June 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Jean Baptiste LEBLANC

Born: 20 May 1840, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 14 August 1900, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Marie-Zoe LEBLANC

Born: 28 January 1842, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: ,

Alphonse LEBLANC

Born: 13 May 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: ,

Louis LEBLANC

Born: 11 October 1846, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie LEBLANC

Born: 2 February 1848, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: ,

Philomene LEBLANC

Born: 19 November 1849, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie-Aurelie LEBLANC

Born: 19 May 1851, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: ,

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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 — 1808
26 May 1808
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Sophie PARÉ and Louis LEBLANC 2 August 1825, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Louis LEBLANC was born 2 August 1826, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 18 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Paul LEBLANC was born 18 July 1827, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 19 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Julien LEBLANC was born 21 February 1829, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 20 years old.

1830 Birth of Child
Magloire LEBLANC was born 15 April 1830, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 21 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LEBLANC was born 12 February 1832, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 23 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Pierre LEBLANC was born 16 May 1833, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 24 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Joseph-Octave LEBLANC was born 8 January 1835, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 26 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Michel LEBLANC was born 17 September 1836, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 28 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Emilie LEBLANC was born 11 June 1838, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 30 years old.

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste LEBLANC was born 20 May 1840, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 32 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
Marie-Zoe LEBLANC was born 28 January 1842, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 33 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Alphonse LEBLANC was born 13 May 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 34 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Louis LEBLANC was born 11 October 1846, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 38 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Marie LEBLANC was born 2 February 1848, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 39 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Philomene LEBLANC was born 19 November 1849, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 41 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Marie-Aurelie LEBLANC was born 19 May 1851, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 43 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.

1856 Marriage of Child
Pierre LEBLANC married 1 April 1856, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East to Hedwidge ARCHAMBAULT

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.