Sophie SOUCY

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abt. 1831 , Beauharnois, Lower Canada

Died

1 February 1879 , Saint-Hippolyte, Québec, Canada

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Andre SOUCI (SOUCY)Catherine BOUCIER dite LAVIGNE

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Born: abt. 1831 in Beauharnois, Lower Canada

Father: Andre SOUCI (SOUCY)

Mother: Catherine BOUCIER dite LAVIGNE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Sophie married Joseph-Xavier LABERGE 17 October 1853 in Beauharnois, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Xavier LABERGE was born 18 December 1821 in St-Clement-de-Beauharnois, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Xavier died 20 November 1885 in Saint-Hippolyte, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Xavier was the child of Guillaume LABERGE and Francoise LEFEBVRE.

Sophie SOUCY died 1 February 1879 in Saint-Hippolyte, 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 SOUCY married

Joseph-Xavier LABERGE
Marriage date: 17 October 1853
Marriage place: Beauharnois, Canada East
Joseph-Xavier LABERGE was the child of Guillaume LABERGE and Francoise LEFEBVRE

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Joseph LABERGE

Born: 23 May 1856, Wotton, Canada East
Died: 22 February 1921, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Rose Delima VIGNEUX 19 September 1882 Place: Saint-Hippolyte, Québec, Canada

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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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Marriage / Partner
Sophie SOUCY and Joseph-Xavier LABERGE 17 October 1853, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Birth of Child
Joseph LABERGE was born 23 May 1856, Wotton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hippolyte)

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.