Dominique SAULNIER (SONIER)

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6 January 1820 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

04 September 1905 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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Alexis SAULNIER (SONIER)Marie Charlotte COMEAU

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Born: 6 January 1820 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Father: Alexis SAULNIER (SONIER)

Mother: Marie Charlotte COMEAU

Paternal grandparents: Joseph SAULNIER , Félicité BASTARACHE dite BASQUE

Maternal grandparents: Charles COMEAU , Marguerite ROY

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Dominique married Marie Reine FERGUSON 28 January 1845 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie Reine FERGUSON was born 31 January 1826 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie Reine died 21 October 1915 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila). Marie Reine was the child of Georges FERGUSON and Monique RICHARD.

Dominique SAULNIER (SONIER) died 04 September 1905 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada .
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Dominique SAULNIER (SONIER) married

Marie Reine FERGUSON
Marriage date: 28 January 1845
Marriage place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Source: Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

Marie Reine FERGUSON was the child of Georges FERGUSON and Monique RICHARD

Children of Dominique SAULNIER (SONIER) and Marie Reine FERGUSON

Marie Charlotte SAULNIER

Born: 28 May 1846, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 17 May 1870, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

Marie Philomene SAULNIER

Born: 26 December 1847, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Marie Odelline (Adeline) SAULNIER

Born: 21 October 1849, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: abt. 1892,

Married: Euguette-Hugh MCLAUGHLIN 6 November 1871

Marie Esther SAULNIER

Born: 4 July 1851, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Olive SAULNIER (SONIER)

Born: 30 May 1853, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 1 November 1932, Saint-Isidore, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Louis Prudent THOMAS 4 March 1878 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Basilice SAULNIER

Born: 3 April 1855 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 17 January 1881 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Georges SAULNIER

Born: 29 June 1857 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 6 June 1939 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Alexis SAULNIER

Born: 3 July 1859, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Émilie SAULNIER

Born: 10 November 1861 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 1 December 1943, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Lazare SAULNIER

Born: 14 June 1863, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 18 June 1938, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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Birth — 1820
6 January 1820
Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

Dominique SAULNIER (SONIER) - Name: Dominique Saulnier Event Year: 1798-1899 Event: Naissance (Birth) Religion: Catholique Place of Worship or Institution: Tracadie Province:

Name: Dominique Saulnier
Event Year: 1798-1899
Event: Naissance (Birth)
Religion: Catholique
Place of Worship or Institution: Tracadie
Province: Acadie (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) (New Brunswick)

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Dominique SAULNIER (SONIER) and Marie Reine FERGUSON 28 January 1845, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

He was 25 years old.

Dominique SAULNIER (SONIER) - 1845 marriage Tracadie

1845 marriage
Tracadie

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1846 Birth of Child
Marie Charlotte SAULNIER was born 28 May 1846, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 26 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Marie Philomene SAULNIER was born 26 December 1847, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 27 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Marie Odelline (Adeline) SAULNIER was born 21 October 1849, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 29 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Marie Esther SAULNIER was born 4 July 1851, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 31 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Olive SAULNIER (SONIER) was born 30 May 1853, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 33 years old.

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

1855 Birth of Child
Basilice SAULNIER was born 3 April 1855 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 35 years old.

1856 Death of Child
Marie Esther SAULNIER died 1 December 1856, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 36 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Georges SAULNIER was born 29 June 1857 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 37 years old.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Alexis SAULNIER was born 3 July 1859, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 39 years old.

1861 Birth of Child
Émilie SAULNIER was born 10 November 1861 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 41 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Lazare SAULNIER was born 14 June 1863, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 43 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.

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

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

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

1870 Death of Child
Marie Charlotte SAULNIER died 17 May 1870, Clare, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada (Church Point) (Little Brook)

Dominique was 50 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 Marriage of Child
Olive SAULNIER (SONIER) married 4 March 1878, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila) to Louis Prudent THOMAS

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

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

1881
Name: Dominick Sonier
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 62
Birth Year: 1819
Birthplace: New Brunswick
Religion: Catholic
Nationality: French
Occupation: Farmer
Province: New Brunswick
District Number: 36
District: Gloucester
Sub-District Number: E
Subdistrict: Saumarez
Division: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
Dominick Sonier 62
Mary R. Sonier 55
George Sonier 22
Emily Sonier 18
Lazarus Sonier 16
Mary L. Savoy 19
1881 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

1881 Death of Child
Basilice SAULNIER died 17 January 1881 , Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

Dominique was 61 years old.

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
Name: Dominick Sonier
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 72
Birth Year: abt 1819
Birthplace: New Brunswick
Relation to Head of House: Father
Religion: Roman Catholic
French Canadian: Yes
Spouse's Name: Ranie Sonier
Father's Birth Place: New Brunswick
Mother's Birth Place: New Brunswick
Province: New Brunswick
District Number: 14
District: Gloucester
Subdistrict: Saumarez
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Household Members:
Name Age
George Sonier 34
Philomine Sonier 34
Octavie Sonier 9
Luke Sonier 6
Judie Sonier 4
Manie Sonier 1
Dominick Sonier 72
Ranie Sonier 64
Mary Louise Diron 20

1891 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

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
Name: Dominique Sonier
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 82
Birth Year: abt 1819
Birthplace: Nb
Relation to Head of House: Father
Racial or Tribal Origin: French
Province: New Brunswick
District: Gloucester
District Number: 16
Sub-District: Saumarez
Sub-District Number: H-1
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Household Members:
Name Age
Lazor Sonier 37
Mary L Sonier 36
Losety Sonier 14
Alexander Sonier 13
Francis Sonier 11
Athanas Sonier 9
Mary A Sonier 6
Leonore Sonier 4
Patrick Sonier 3
Mary E Sonier 18/ 12
Dominique Sonier 82
Mary R Sonier 75
Olive Commeau 20
1901 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

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)