Sophie BILODEAU

Born

6 April 1816 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Died

30 October 1875 , Québec Province, Canada

Cause of Death: died in shipwreck of October 30, 1875

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Francois-Xavier BILODEAU Louise GAGNON

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Born: 6 April 1816 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Father: Francois-Xavier BILODEAU

Mother: Louise GAGNON

Paternal grandparents: François BILODEAU , Marie-Catherine MARCOUX

Maternal grandparents: Augustin GAGNON , Marie-Gertrude MORISSET (MORISSETTE)

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Sophie married Francois CANAC dit MARQUIS 31 January 1837 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois CANAC dit MARQUIS was born 15 December 1809 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Francois died 20 February 1889 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Francois was the child of Basile CANAC dit MARQUIS and Victoire BAUCHER dite MORENCY.

Sophie BILODEAU died 30 October 1875 in Québec Province, 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 BILODEAU married

Francois CANAC dit MARQUIS
Marriage date: 31 January 1837
Marriage place: Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

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Francois CANAC dit MARQUIS was the child of Basile CANAC dit MARQUIS and Victoire BAUCHER dite MORENCY

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Marie-Zoe CANAC dite MARQUIS

Born: 27 May 1839, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Georges TREMBLAY 11 January 1877 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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Birth — 1816
6 April 1816
Sainte-Marie, 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 Marriage / Partner
Sophie BILODEAU and Francois CANAC dit MARQUIS 31 January 1837, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

She was 20 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Marie-Zoe CANAC dite MARQUIS was born 27 May 1839, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 23 years old.

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.

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.