Firmin SOUCY

(b. 7 October 1796 , Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. 26 March 1876 , Saint-François, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Firmin SOUCY was born 7 October 1796 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Firmin SOUCY was the child of ? and ?

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

Firmin married Felicite LAGACE 3 February 1823 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Felicite LAGACE was born 17 May 1803 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Felicite died 3 November 1877 in Saint-François, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada.

Firmin SOUCY died 26 March 1876 in Saint-François, Madawaska, New Brunswick, 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
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Firmin SOUCY married

Felicite LAGACE-- Date: 3 February 1823 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Children of Firmin SOUCY and Felicite LAGACE:

Fabien SOUCY (b.14 September 1828, Cacouna, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Anastasie GUIMOND 16 November 1852 in Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce)

Jeremie SOUCY (b.8 April 1835, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Virginie VAILLANCOURT 27 April 1857 in Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce)

Edouard SOUCY (b.11 September 1842, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East d. 19 May 1907, Lac Baker, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Salome OUELLETTE 30 April 1866 in Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce)

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1796 Birth
7 October 1796
Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Marriage / Partner
Firmin SOUCY and Felicite LAGACE 3 February 1823, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 26 years old.

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)

1828 Birth of Child
Fabien SOUCY was born 14 September 1828, Cacouna, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna)

Firmin was 31 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Birth of Child
Jeremie SOUCY was born 8 April 1835, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Firmin was 38 years old.

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

1842 Birth of Child
Edouard SOUCY was born 11 September 1842, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Firmin was 45 years old.

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.

1852 Marriage of Child
Fabien SOUCY married 16 November 1852, Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce) to Anastasie GUIMOND

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Jeremie SOUCY married 27 April 1857, Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce) to Virginie VAILLANCOURT

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage of Child
Edouard SOUCY married 30 April 1866, Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce) to Salome OUELLETTE

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.