Sophronie BRAULT

Born

11 September 1829 , Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

18 March 1906 , Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

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Laurent BREAULT (BRAULT)Phoebee (Phebe) RICHARD

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Born: 11 September 1829 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Laurent BREAULT (BRAULT)

Mother: Phoebee (Phebe) RICHARD

Paternal grandparents: Jacques-Alexis-Marie BREAULT (BRAULT) , Marie-Isabelle-Elisabeth BOUDREAU

Maternal grandparents: Mathurin RICHARD , Madeleine BOURGEOIS

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Sophronie married Medard BREAULT (BRAULT) 1 February 1853 in Henryville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Medard BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 22 August 1832 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Medard died 7 November 1904 in Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien). Medard was the child of Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT) and Marie-Sylvie DUQUET.

Sophronie BRAULT died 18 March 1906 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada.
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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.

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Sophronie BRAULT married

Medard BREAULT (BRAULT)
Marriage date: 1 February 1853
Marriage place: Henryville, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Medard BREAULT (BRAULT) was the child of Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT) and Marie-Sylvie DUQUET

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Children of Medard BREAULT (BRAULT) and Sophronie BRAULT

Salomon BRAULT

Born: abt. 1854, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Canada East
Died: 15 June 1919, , United States

Lucien BRAULT

Born: 24 February 1856, Henryville, Canada East
Died: 17 April 1898, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Louis Philippe BREAULT

Born: 5 August 1859, Henryville, Canada East
Died: 5 April 1909, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

Oliva (Oliver) BRAULT

Born: 15 November 1862, Henryville, Canada East
Died: 22 August 1937, St Albans, Vermont, USA

Osilda-Exilda BRAULT

Born: 15 November 1862, Henryville, Canada East
Died: abt. 1934, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Mélindé BRAULT

Born: 29 March 1866, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Canada East
Died: 18 February 1934, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Orise BRAULT

Born: 11 February 1870, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada
Died: 19 December 1945, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

Felix BREAULT

Born: 7 November 1877, , Rhode Island, USA
Died: 6 July 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Birth — 1829
11 September 1829
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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.

1853 Marriage / Partner
Sophronie BRAULT and Medard BREAULT (BRAULT) 1 February 1853, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

She was 23 years old.

Sophronie BRAULT - Name: Medard Brault Spouse: Stephanne Brault Event: Mariage (Marriage) Marriage Year: 1853 Marriage Location: Henryville, Québec (Quebec) Place o

Name: Medard Brault
Spouse: Stephanne Brault
Event: Mariage (Marriage)
Marriage Year: 1853
Marriage Location: Henryville, Québec (Quebec)
Place of Worship or Institution: St-George-de-Noyan

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1856 Birth of Child
Lucien BRAULT was born 24 February 1856, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Sophronie was 26 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.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Louis Philippe BREAULT was born 5 August 1859, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Sophronie was 29 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Oliva (Oliver) BRAULT was born 15 November 1862, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Sophronie was 33 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Osilda-Exilda BRAULT was born 15 November 1862, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Sophronie was 33 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Mélindé BRAULT was born 29 March 1866, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien)

Sophronie was 36 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

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

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

1870 Birth of Child
Orise BRAULT was born 11 February 1870, Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada (St-Sebastien)

Sophronie was 40 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 Birth of Child
Felix BREAULT was born 7 November 1877, , Rhode Island, USA

Sophronie was 48 years old.

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