Sophie LEFRANCOIS

Born

12 March 1814 , Château-Richer, Lower Canada

Died

20 April 1880 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

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Ignace LEFRANCOIS Madeleine HUOT

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Born: 12 March 1814 in Château-Richer, Lower Canada

Father: Ignace LEFRANCOIS

Mother: Madeleine HUOT

Paternal grandparents: Ignace LEFRANCOIS , Rosalie GRAVEL

Maternal grandparents: Jean HUOT , Madeleine COTE

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Sophie married Francois ASSELIN 15 October 1835 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Francois ASSELIN was born 10 November 1810 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Francois died 23 August 1889 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Francois was the child of Pierre-Chrysologue ASSELIN and Catherine CAMPAGNA.

Sophie LEFRANCOIS died 20 April 1880 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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 LEFRANCOIS married

Francois ASSELIN
Marriage date: 15 October 1835
Marriage place: Québec, Lower Canada

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Francois ASSELIN was the child of Pierre-Chrysologue ASSELIN and Catherine CAMPAGNA

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Children of Francois ASSELIN and Sophie LEFRANCOIS

Arthemise ASSELIN

Born: 3 February 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Abel TREMBLAY 13 February 1855 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie-Georgina ASSELIN

Born: 27 December 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
Died: ,

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Birth — 1814
12 March 1814
Château-Richer, Lower Canada

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)

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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Sophie LEFRANCOIS and Francois ASSELIN 15 October 1835, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 21 years old.

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

1838 Birth of Child
Arthemise ASSELIN was born 3 February 1838, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Sophie was 23 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

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)

1849 Birth of Child
Marie-Georgina ASSELIN was born 27 December 1849, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Sophie was 35 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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Arthemise ASSELIN married 13 February 1855, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Abel TREMBLAY

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.