Sophie BELAND

Born

14 September 1811 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Died

29 November 1887 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada

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Antoine BELAND Louise BOUCHER

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Born: 14 September 1811 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine BELAND

Mother: Louise BOUCHER

Paternal grandparents: Alexis BÉLAND , Marie-Elisabeth TALBOT dite GERVAIS

Maternal grandparents: Philippe BOUCHER , Marie-Anne LIZOTTE

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Sophie married Joseph GARCEAU 17 August 1840 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GARCEAU was born 1 December 1819 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Joseph died 3 November 1886 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Joseph was the child of Pierre GARCEAU and Marie-Louise RIVARD.

Sophie BELAND died 29 November 1887 in Yamachiche, 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.

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Sophie BELAND married

Joseph GARCEAU
Marriage date: 17 August 1840
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Joseph GARCEAU was the child of Pierre GARCEAU and Marie-Louise RIVARD

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Children of Joseph GARCEAU and Sophie BELAND

Raphael GARCEAU

Born: 24 October 1848, Yamachiche, Canada East
Died: 23 April 1921, St-Thomas-de-Caxton, Canada

Married: Philomene DUCHEMIN 7 May 1867 Place: Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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Birth — 1811
14 September 1811
Yamachiche, 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

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Sophie BELAND and Joseph GARCEAU 17 August 1840, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

She was 28 years old.

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)

1848 Birth of Child
Raphael GARCEAU was born 24 October 1848, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Sophie was 37 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

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.

1867 Marriage of Child
Raphael GARCEAU married 7 May 1867, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Philomene DUCHEMIN