Marie-Sophie LEGAULT

Born

18 January 1820 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Died

16 January 1887 , Hawkesbury, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada

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Born: 18 January 1820 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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Mother: Unknown

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Marie-Sophie married Augustin HEBERT dit LECOMTE 20 August 1849 in L'Orignal, Champlain Township, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin HEBERT dit LECOMTE was born 11 February 1815 in Mirabel, Québec, Canada.

Marie-Sophie LEGAULT died 16 January 1887 in Hawkesbury, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.
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Marie-Sophie LEGAULT married

Augustin HEBERT dit LECOMTE
Marriage date: 20 August 1849
Marriage place: L'Orignal, Champlain Township, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada

Children of Augustin HEBERT dit LECOMTE and Marie-Sophie LEGAULT

Domithilde Mathide LECOMPTE

Born: 4 February 1863, Hawkesbury, Canada West
Died: 2 March 1929, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada

Married: Pierre DESJARDINS 4 November 1878

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Birth — 1820
18 January 1820
Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Sophie LEGAULT and Augustin HEBERT dit LECOMTE 20 August 1849, L'Orignal, Champlain Township, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada

She was 29 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.

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

1863 Birth of Child
Domithilde Mathide LECOMPTE was born 4 February 1863, Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada

Marie-Sophie was 43 years old.

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.