John THOMPSON

Born

abt. 1820 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

Died

9 February 1883 , Montréal, Québec, Canada

John married Marie-Sophie AUCLAIRE 9 September 1839 in Montréal, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Sophie AUCLAIRE was born abt. 1815 in Montréal, Lower Canada . Marie-Sophie died 31 July 1875 in Montréal, Québec, Canada . Marie-Sophie was the child of Jean-Baptiste AUCLAIRE and Josephte THOMAS .

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of John THOMPSON

John THOMPSON married

Marie-Sophie AUCLAIRE
Marriage date: 9 September 1839
Marriage place: Montréal, Lower Canada
Marie-Sophie AUCLAIRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste AUCLAIRE and Josephte THOMAS

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Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of John THOMPSON and Marie-Sophie AUCLAIRE

Sophie-Caroline THOMPSON

Born: 9 June 1840, Montréal, Lower Canada
Died: 6 June 1912, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Alphonse-Tancrede GUERIN 30 May 1859 Place: Montréal, 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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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 Marriage / Partner
John THOMPSON and Marie-Sophie AUCLAIRE 9 September 1839, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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
Sophie-Caroline THOMPSON was born 9 June 1840, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Sophie-Caroline THOMPSON married 30 May 1859, Montréal, Canada East to Alphonse-Tancrede GUERIN

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.

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

1875 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Sophie AUCLAIRE died 31 July 1875, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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)

Death — 1883
9 February 1883
Montréal, Québec, Canada