Marie-Sophie AUCLAIRE

Born

Died

31 July 1875 , Montréal, Québec, Canada

Marie-Sophie married John THOMPSON 9 September 1839 in Montréal, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John THOMPSON was born abt. 1820 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada. John died 9 February 1883 in Montréal, Québec, Canada .

Parents & Family of Marie-Sophie AUCLAIRE

Parents of Marie-Sophie AUCLAIRE

Father

Jean-Baptiste AUCLAIRE

Mother

Josephte THOMAS

Grandparents of Marie-Sophie AUCLAIRE

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Sophie AUCLAIRE

Marie-Sophie AUCLAIRE married

John THOMPSON
Marriage date: 9 September 1839
Marriage place: Montréal, Lower Canada

Marriage notes:

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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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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 - 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
Marie-Sophie AUCLAIRE and John THOMPSON 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.