Sophie GALARNEAU

Born

13 May 1805 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

23 September 1893 , Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada

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Joseph GALARNEAU Ludivine FOUCRAULT

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Born: 13 May 1805 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph GALARNEAU

Mother: Ludivine FOUCRAULT

Paternal grandparents: Joseph GALARNEAU , Marie-Marguerite BERNARD

Maternal grandparents: André FOUCRAULT , Élisabeth GERVAIS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Sophie married Louis MELOCHE dit LIVERNOIS 6 November 1826 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 15 children.
Louis MELOCHE dit LIVERNOIS was born 31 August 1802 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Louis died 20 August 1883 in Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough). Louis was the child of François MELOCHE dit LIVERNOIS and Marie-Louise PICARD.

Sophie GALARNEAU died 23 September 1893 in Franklin Centre, 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
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Spouse & Children of Sophie GALARNEAU

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Sophie GALARNEAU married

Louis MELOCHE dit LIVERNOIS
Marriage date: 6 November 1826
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Louis MELOCHE dit LIVERNOIS was the child of François MELOCHE dit LIVERNOIS and Marie-Louise PICARD

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Children of Louis MELOCHE dit LIVERNOIS and Sophie GALARNEAU

Sophie LIVERNOIS

Born: October 1827, Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Died: 9 August 1834, Châteauguay, Lower Canada

Marie-Louise MELOCHE dite LIVERNOIS

Born: 16 February 1829, Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Died: 26 June 1934, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada

Louis MELOCHE AKA LIVERNOIS dit MILLER

Born: April 2 1831, Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Died: August 5 1909, Clinton, Clinton, New York, USA

Married: Marguerite LABONTE- BRAIS (BRAY) 6 October 1856 Place: Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington)

Moise LIVERNOIS

Born: 29 August 1833, Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Died: 25 August 1834, Châteauguay, Lower Canada

Moise MELOCHE dit LIVERNOIS

Born: 20 February 1835, Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Died: 29 September 1920, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Dominique LIVERNOIS

Born: 16 September 1836, Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Died: 21 May 1844, Châteauguay, Canada East

Bernard LIVERNOIS

Born: 12 May 1838, Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Died: 20 August 1841, Châteauguay, Canada East

Joseph LIVERNOIS

Born: 13 May 1838, Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Died: 26 November 1838, Châteauguay, Lower Canada

Chéri LIVERNOIS

Born: abt. 1839, Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Died: 19 September 1841, Châteauguay, Canada East

Sophie MELOCHE dite LIVERNOIS

Born: February 1840, Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Died: 19 September 1841, Châteauguay, Canada East

Meloche LIVERONIS

Born: 1 April 1841, Châteauguay, Canada East
Died: 1 April 1841, Châteauguay, Canada East

Louis Cheri MELOCHE dit LIVERNOIS

Born: 22 January 1842, Châteauguay, Canada East
Died: 25 June 1891, Potsdam, New York, USA

Alphonsine LIVERNOIS

Born: 16 March 1844, Châteauguay, Canada East
Died: 23 January 1894, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre TREMBLAY 26 November 1861 Place: Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington)

Obeline MELOCHE dite LIVERNOIS

Born: 20 November 1845, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Canada East
Died: 26 June 1934, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada

Married: Julien TREMBLAY 10 February 1863 Place: Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington)

Olivine MELOCHE dite LIVERNOIS

Born: 25 November 1846, St Patrick, Napierville, Quebec, Canada
Died: 19 October 1936, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Married: Damase "Thomas" Sr TRUDEAU 14 October 1867 Place: Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough)

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Birth — 1805
13 May 1805
La Prairie, Lower Canada

Baptism

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

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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Sophie GALARNEAU and Louis MELOCHE dit LIVERNOIS 6 November 1826, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 21 years old.

1826 marriage

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Sophie LIVERNOIS was born October 1827, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 22 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise MELOCHE dite LIVERNOIS was born 16 February 1829, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 23 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Louis MELOCHE AKA LIVERNOIS dit MILLER was born April 2 1831, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 25 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Moise LIVERNOIS was born 29 August 1833, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 28 years old.

1834 Death of Child
Sophie LIVERNOIS died 9 August 1834, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 29 years old.

1834 Death of Child
Moise LIVERNOIS died 25 August 1834, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 29 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Moise MELOCHE dit LIVERNOIS was born 20 February 1835, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 29 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Dominique LIVERNOIS was born 16 September 1836, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 31 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Bernard LIVERNOIS was born 12 May 1838, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 33 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Joseph LIVERNOIS was born 13 May 1838, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 33 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

1840 Birth of Child
Sophie MELOCHE dite LIVERNOIS was born February 1840, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 34 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Birth of Child
Meloche LIVERONIS was born 1 April 1841, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 35 years old.

1841 Death of Child
Bernard LIVERNOIS died 20 August 1841, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 36 years old.

1841 Death of Child
Chéri LIVERNOIS died 19 September 1841, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 36 years old.

1841 Death of Child
Sophie MELOCHE dite LIVERNOIS died 19 September 1841, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 36 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Louis Cheri MELOCHE dit LIVERNOIS was born 22 January 1842, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 36 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Birth of Child
Alphonsine LIVERNOIS was born 16 March 1844, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 38 years old.

1844 Death of Child
Dominique LIVERNOIS died 21 May 1844, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Sophie was 39 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Obeline MELOCHE dite LIVERNOIS was born 20 November 1845, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington)

Sophie was 40 years old.

1846 Birth of Child
Olivine MELOCHE dite LIVERNOIS was born 25 November 1846, St Patrick, Napierville, Quebec, Canada

Sophie was 41 years old.

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.

1856 Marriage of Child
Louis MELOCHE AKA LIVERNOIS dit MILLER married 6 October 1856, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington) to Marguerite LABONTE- BRAIS (BRAY)

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

1861 Marriage of Child
Alphonsine LIVERNOIS married 26 November 1861, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington) to Pierre TREMBLAY

1863 Marriage of Child
Obeline MELOCHE dite LIVERNOIS married 10 February 1863, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington) to Julien TREMBLAY

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

1867 Marriage of Child
Olivine MELOCHE dite LIVERNOIS married 14 October 1867, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough) to Damase "Thomas" Sr TRUDEAU

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

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

1871 - Franklin, Quebec, Canada
Name: Sophie Levernois
Gender: Female
Age: 65
Birth Year: abt 1806
Birth Place: Quebec
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Roman Catholic
Origin: French
Province: Quebec
District: Huntingdon East
District Number: 113
Subdistrict: Franklin
Subdistrict Number: c
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Household Members:
Name Age
Louis Levernois 67
Sophie Levernois 65

1871 Canadian Census
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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)

1881 - Franklin, Quebec, Canada
Name: Sophie Malosh
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Age: 76
Birth Year: 1805
Birthplace: Quebec
Religion: Catholic
Nationality: French
Province: Quebec
District Number: 72
District: Huntingdon
Sub-District Number: C
Subdistrict: Franklin
Household Members:
Name Age
Louis Malosh 77
Sophie Malosh 76

1881 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

1883 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis MELOCHE dit LIVERNOIS died 20 August 1883, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough)

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

1891 Death of Child
Louis Cheri MELOCHE dit LIVERNOIS died 25 June 1891, Potsdam, New York, USA

Sophie was 86 years old.

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada