Sophie MOREAU

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24 July 1832 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

4 June 1899 , La Baie, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste MOREAU Henriette POTVIN

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Born: 24 July 1832 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste MOREAU

Mother: Henriette POTVIN

Paternal grandparents: Jean MOREAU , Marie-Louise NERON

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Joseph POTVIN , Agnes TREMBLAY

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Sophie married Hippolyte TREMBLAY 23 November 1852 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Hippolyte TREMBLAY was born 28 September 1828 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Hippolyte was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Marguerite HARVEY.

Sophie MOREAU died 4 June 1899 in La Baie, 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 MOREAU married

Hippolyte TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 23 November 1852
Marriage place: La Baie, Canada East

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Hippolyte TREMBLAY was the child of Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY and Marguerite HARVEY

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Children of Hippolyte TREMBLAY and Sophie MOREAU

Elisabeth TREMBLAY

Born: 2 April 1858, La Baie, Canada East
Died: 23 January 1926, St-Georges-de-Champlain, St-Maurice, Canada

Joseph TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1860, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Delphine TREMBLAY

Born: 28 June 1862, La Baie, Canada East
Died: 18 October 1931,

Ernest TREMBLAY

Born: 16 September 1864, La Baie, Canada East
Died: 21 May 1940, La Baie, Québec, Canada

Alice TREMBLAY

Born: 19 April 1867, La Baie, Canada East
Died: 1 February 1936, St-Georges, Laviolette, Canada

Jessee TREMBLAY

Born: abt. 1873, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1832
24 July 1832
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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.

1852 Marriage / Partner
Sophie MOREAU and Hippolyte TREMBLAY 23 November 1852, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

She was 20 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 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Elisabeth TREMBLAY was born 2 April 1858, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Sophie was 25 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Delphine TREMBLAY was born 28 June 1862, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Sophie was 29 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Birth of Child
Ernest TREMBLAY was born 16 September 1864, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Sophie was 32 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 Birth of Child
Alice TREMBLAY was born 19 April 1867, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Sophie was 34 years old.