Sophie LAPOINTE

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1 February 1832 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

9 November 1866 , La Baie, Canada East

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Louis LAPOINTE dit AUDET Justine BERGERON

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Born: 1 February 1832 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Louis LAPOINTE dit AUDET

Mother: Justine BERGERON

Paternal grandparents: Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE , Esther BOUDREAU

Maternal grandparents: Alexis BERGERON , Madeleine DUFOUR

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Sophie married Theophile TREMBLAY 1 February 1853 in La Malbaie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Theophile TREMBLAY was born 2 December 1826 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Theophile died 29 February 1880 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori). Theophile was the child of Abraham TREMBLAY and Elisabeth DUFOUR.

Sophie LAPOINTE died 9 November 1866 in La Baie, Canada East .
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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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Spouse & Children of Sophie LAPOINTE

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Sophie LAPOINTE married

Theophile TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 1 February 1853
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Canada East
Theophile TREMBLAY was the child of Abraham TREMBLAY and Elisabeth DUFOUR

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Children of Theophile TREMBLAY and Sophie LAPOINTE

Delphine TREMBLAY

Born: 20 January 1858, La Baie, Canada East
Died: 23 April 1919, St-Coeur-de-Marie

Ernest TREMBLAY

Born: 11 April 1860, La Baie, Canada East
Died: 18 January 1949, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Married: Adele TREMBLAY 28 July 1890 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

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Birth — 1832
1 February 1832
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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)

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.

1853 Marriage / Partner
Sophie LAPOINTE and Theophile TREMBLAY 1 February 1853, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

She was 21 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Delphine TREMBLAY was born 20 January 1858, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Sophie was 25 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Birth of Child
Ernest TREMBLAY was born 11 April 1860, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Sophie was 28 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)