Sophie DUHAMEL

Born

31 December 1819 , Verchères, Lower Canada

Died

13 March 1896 , Paquette, Compton, Québec, Canada

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Francois DUHAMEL Charlotte ST-ROMAIN

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Born: 31 December 1819 in Verchères, Lower Canada

Father: Francois DUHAMEL

Mother: Charlotte ST-ROMAIN

Paternal grandparents: François DUHAMEL , Marie-Amable JACQUES

Maternal grandparents: Charles ST-ROMAIN dit CHOREL , Marguerite GAZAILLE dite ST-GERMAIN

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Sophie married Antoine-Philippe TREMBLAY 30 April 1844 in Verchères, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine-Philippe TREMBLAY was born 30 April 1820 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Antoine-Philippe died 14 December 1898 in Paquette, Compton, Quebec, Canada. Antoine-Philippe was the child of Antoine TREMBLAY and Reine SAULNIER.

Sophie DUHAMEL died 13 March 1896 in Paquette, Compton, 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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Sophie DUHAMEL married

Antoine-Philippe TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 30 April 1844
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada East
Antoine-Philippe TREMBLAY was the child of Antoine TREMBLAY and Reine SAULNIER

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Children of Antoine-Philippe TREMBLAY and Sophie DUHAMEL

Leopoldine TREMBLAY

Born: 9 June 1851, Contrecœur, Canada East
Died: 24 January 1933, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1819
31 December 1819
Verchères, Lower Canada

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

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

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)

1844 Marriage / Partner
Sophie DUHAMEL and Antoine-Philippe TREMBLAY 30 April 1844, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 24 years old.

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)

1851 Birth of Child
Leopoldine TREMBLAY was born 9 June 1851, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Sophie was 31 years old.

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)

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.