Amable SOREL

Born

8 January 1764 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

22 May 1841 , La Prairie, Canada East

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Luc SOREL Jeanne MADDOX

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Born: 8 January 1764 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Luc SOREL

Mother: Jeanne MADDOX

Paternal grandparents: Pierre SOREL , Helene DELAYE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph Daniel MADDOX (MADDON) , Marie-Anne-Louise LACELLE

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Amable married Pierre LEFEBVRE 12 April 1779 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre LEFEBVRE was born 6 April 1746 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . Pierre died 9 August 1822 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Pierre was the child of Louis LEFEBVRE and Agnès PINSONNEAULT.

Amable SOREL died 22 May 1841 in La Prairie, Canada East .
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Amable SOREL married

Pierre LEFEBVRE
Marriage date: 12 April 1779
Marriage place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre LEFEBVRE was the child of Louis LEFEBVRE and Agnès PINSONNEAULT

Children of Pierre LEFEBVRE and Amable SOREL

Isabelle-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE

Born: abt. 1786, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 24 June 1837, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph SURPRENANT 24 November 1806 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

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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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Birth — 1764
8 January 1764
Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Amable SOREL and Pierre LEFEBVRE 12 April 1779, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 15 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1806 Marriage of Child
Isabelle-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE married 24 November 1806, La Prairie, Lower Canada to Joseph SURPRENANT

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

1822 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre LEFEBVRE died 9 August 1822, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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

1837 Death of Child
Isabelle-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE died 24 June 1837, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Amable was 73 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

Death — 1841
22 May 1841
La Prairie, Canada East
She died at the age of 77.

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