Sophie-Saphronie DESROSIERS

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6 June 1841 , Lanoraie, Canada East

Died

9 August 1921 , Lanoraie, Québec, Canada

Age: 80

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Joseph DESROSIERS Marie-Josephe LECLAIR

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Born: 6 June 1841 in Lanoraie, Canada East

Father: Joseph DESROSIERS

Mother: Marie-Josephe LECLAIR

Paternal grandparents: Alexis LANIEL dit DESROSIERS , Marie-Catherine BONIN

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LECLERC , Geneviève OSSANT (AUSSAN) dite LANGE

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Sophie-Saphronie married Noe "Louis" RIQUIER 12 June 1865 in Lanoraie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Noe "Louis" RIQUIER was born 18 April 1842 in Berthier Co, Quebec, Canada. Noe "Louis" was the child of Antoine RIQUIER and Marie-Louise BOUCHER.

Sophie-Saphronie DESROSIERS died 9 August 1921 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada .
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Sophie-Saphronie DESROSIERS married

Noe "Louis" RIQUIER
Marriage date: 12 June 1865
Marriage place: Lanoraie, Canada East
Noe "Louis" RIQUIER was the child of Antoine RIQUIER and Marie-Louise BOUCHER

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Children of Noe "Louis" RIQUIER and Sophie-Saphronie DESROSIERS

Joseph RIQUIER

Born: 1 October 1870, , Canada
Died: 24 March 1954, Windham, Connecticut, USA

Married: Marie Exilda VEGIARD

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Birth — 1841
6 June 1841
Lanoraie, Canada East

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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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage / Partner
Sophie-Saphronie DESROSIERS and Noe "Louis" RIQUIER 12 June 1865, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

She was 24 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
Joseph RIQUIER was born 1 October 1870, , Canada

Sophie-Saphronie was 29 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 - 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

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 - 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)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada