Catherine-Sophie-Louise FORBES

(b. 3 July 1767 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 December 1850 , Montréal, Canada East )

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Catherine-Sophie-Louise FORBES was born 3 July 1767 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada

Catherine-Sophie-Louise FORBES was the child of Luc FORBES and Louise-Sophie VACHON and the grandchild of: (maternal) Noel VACHON dit PAMERLAUX and Marie-Jeanne BÉLANGER

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Catherine-Sophie-Louise married Augustin PROULX 24 January 1786 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin PROULX was born 8 November 1760 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Augustin died 15 August 1819 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Augustin was the child of Joseph PROULX and Genevieve JANOT (JANEAU).

Catherine-Sophie-Louise FORBES died 14 December 1850 in Montréal, 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.

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Catherine-Sophie-Louise FORBES married

Augustin PROULX-- Date: 24 January 1786 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada
Augustin PROULX was the child of Joseph PROULX and Genevieve JANOT (JANEAU)

Children of Augustin PROULX and Catherine-Sophie-Louise FORBES:

Julie PROULX (b.abt. 1791, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre-Godefroy ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE 4 February 1823 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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1767 Birth
3 July 1767
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Catherine-Sophie-Louise FORBES and Augustin PROULX 24 January 1786, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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.

1819 Death of Spouse/Partner
Augustin PROULX died 15 August 1819, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Marriage of Child
Julie PROULX married 4 February 1823, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Pierre-Godefroy ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE

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)