Sophie
ANGER
Born
6 December 1826
,
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died
23 February 1896
,
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Parents & Family of Sophie ANGER
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Born: 6 December 1826 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Father:
Charles ANGER
Mother:
Marie-Thérèse LUSSIER
Paternal grandparents:
Joseph LEFEBVRE dit ANGER
, Marie-Archange LOISEAU
Maternal grandparents:
Pierre LUSSIER
, Marguerite GEOFFRION
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Sophie married Eusebe RICHARD 14 February 1843 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Eusebe RICHARD was born 9 March 1820 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Eusebe died 15 April 1897 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Eusebe was the child of Pierre-Antoine RICHARD and Marie-Charlotte ARCHAMBAULT.
Sophie ANGER died 23 February 1896 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Sophie appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Spouse & Children of Sophie ANGER
Sophie ANGER married 
Eusebe RICHARD
Marriage date: 14 February 1843
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Eusebe RICHARD was the child of Pierre-Antoine RICHARD and Marie-Charlotte ARCHAMBAULT
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Eusebe RICHARDMarriage date: 14 February 1843
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Eusebe RICHARD was the child of Pierre-Antoine RICHARD and Marie-Charlotte ARCHAMBAULT
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Eusebe RICHARD and Sophie ANGER
Marie-Sophie RICHARDBorn: 31 October 1844, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 1 December 1885, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: 1 December 1885, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Married: Joseph-Denis LUSSIER 17 January 1865 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Pierre RICHARDBorn: 4 November 1846, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 8 February 1882, Ste, Madeleine-Centre, La Haute-Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada
Died: 8 February 1882, Ste, Madeleine-Centre, La Haute-Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada
Married: Marie ANGER 22 September 1868 Place: La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)
Elie RICHARDBorn: 11 January 1849, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 20 July 1908, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: 20 July 1908, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Married: Delia CHAUME 3 October 1871 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Toussaint RICHARDBorn: 31 December 1850, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 24 May 1939, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: 24 May 1939, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Married: Cordelie PHENIX dite DAUPHINAIS 16 January 1877 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Rose RICHARDBorn: 2 December 1852, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 13 June 1918, Norwich, Connecticut, USA
Died: 13 June 1918, Norwich, Connecticut, USA
Married: Isidore MICHON 14 January 1873 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Philomene RICHARDBorn: 8 January 1855, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 23 December 1926, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: 23 December 1926, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Married: Pierre ANGER 28 October 1873 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Joseph Auguste RICHARDBorn: 13 May 1857, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 14 November 1923, , Massachusetts, USA
Died: 14 November 1923, , Massachusetts, USA
Married: Denise SAVAGE (SAUVAGE) 28 February 1881 Place: La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)
Adele RICHARDMarried: Joseph-Misael BROUILLET 16 January 1877 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Raphael RICHARDBorn: 24 March 1861, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: abt. 1952,
Died: abt. 1952,
Married: Alphonsine VIGEANT 24 July 1888 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Rose-Delima RICHARDBorn: 27 March 1863, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Caius VINCENT 19 August 1884 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Amanda RICHARDBorn: 20 March 1865, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 30 June 1916, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: 30 June 1916, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Married: Amedee CHARRON 16 January 1883 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Rose-Anna RICHARDBorn: 7 May 1867, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Died: 22 April 1948, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: 22 April 1948, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Married: Amedee VIGEANT 6 July 1886 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Delia RICHARDBorn: 19 August 1869, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: 28 November 1911, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: 28 November 1911, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Married: Adelard MEUNIER 15 October 1895 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Victoria RICHARDBorn: 19 August 1873, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: 10 October 1873, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Died: 10 October 1873, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
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Birth — 18266 December 1826
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Baptism
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
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)
1843 Marriage / PartnerSophie ANGER and Eusebe RICHARD 14 February 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
She was 16 years old.
1843 marriage
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1844 Birth of ChildMarie-Sophie RICHARD was born 31 October 1844, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Sophie was 17 years old.
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1846 Birth of ChildPierre RICHARD was born 4 November 1846, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Sophie was 19 years old.
1849 Birth of ChildElie RICHARD was born 11 January 1849, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Sophie was 22 years old.
1850 Birth of ChildToussaint RICHARD was born 31 December 1850, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Sophie was 24 years old.
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1852 Birth of ChildRose RICHARD was born 2 December 1852, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Sophie was 26 years old.
1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1855 Birth of ChildPhilomene RICHARD was born 8 January 1855, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Sophie was 28 years old.
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1857 Birth of ChildJoseph Auguste RICHARD was born 13 May 1857, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Sophie was 30 years old.
1859 Birth of ChildAdele RICHARD was born 21 July 1859, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Sophie was 32 years old.
1861 Birth of ChildRaphael RICHARD was born 24 March 1861, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Sophie was 34 years old.
1863 Birth of ChildRose-Delima RICHARD was born 27 March 1863, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Sophie was 36 years old.
1865 Marriage of ChildMarie-Sophie RICHARD married 17 January 1865 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Joseph-Denis LUSSIER
1865 Birth of ChildMarie-Amanda RICHARD was born 20 March 1865, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Sophie was 38 years old.
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 Birth of ChildMarie-Rose-Anna RICHARD was born 7 May 1867, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Sophie was 40 years old.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1868 Marriage of ChildPierre RICHARD married 22 September 1868, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) to Marie ANGER
1869 Birth of ChildMarie-Delia RICHARD was born 19 August 1869, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Sophie was 42 years old.
1871 Marriage of ChildElie RICHARD married 3 October 1871, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Delia CHAUME
1873 Marriage of ChildRose RICHARD married 14 January 1873, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Isidore MICHON
1873 Birth of ChildVictoria RICHARD was born 19 August 1873, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Sophie was 46 years old.
1873 Marriage of ChildPhilomene RICHARD married 28 October 1873, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Pierre ANGER
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1877 Marriage of ChildAdele RICHARD married 16 January 1877, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Joseph-Misael BROUILLET
1877 Marriage of ChildToussaint RICHARD married 16 January 1877, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Cordelie PHENIX dite DAUPHINAIS
1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada1881
Sophia Richard, age 54, living in St-Denis, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec with husband, Eusebe, age 61. Children: Raphael, age 20; Delima, age 18; Amanda, age 16; Delia, age 10; Anna, age 14. All are Roman Catholic. All were born in Quebec.
1881 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History
Sophia Richard, age 54, living in St-Denis, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec with husband, Eusebe, age 61. Children: Raphael, age 20; Delima, age 18; Amanda, age 16; Delia, age 10; Anna, age 14. All are Roman Catholic. All were born in Quebec.
1881 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History
1881 Marriage of ChildJoseph Auguste RICHARD married 28 February 1881, La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge) to Denise SAVAGE (SAUVAGE)
1882 Death of ChildPierre RICHARD died 8 February 1882, Ste, Madeleine-Centre, La Haute-Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada
Sophie was 55 years old.
1883 Marriage of ChildMarie-Amanda RICHARD married 16 January 1883, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Amedee CHARRON
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1884 Marriage of ChildRose-Delima RICHARD married 19 August 1884, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Caius VINCENT
1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)1885 Death of ChildMarie-Sophie RICHARD died 1 December 1885, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Sophie was 59 years old.
1886 Marriage of ChildMarie-Rose-Anna RICHARD married 6 July 1886, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Amedee VIGEANT
1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.1888 Marriage of ChildRaphael RICHARD married 24 July 1888, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Alphonsine VIGEANT
1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada1895 Marriage of ChildMarie-Delia RICHARD married 15 October 1895, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Adelard MEUNIER
Death
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Death — 189623 February 1896
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 69.
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Cimetière Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
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Record added: 12/16/1999 12:00:00 AM
Last updated: 1/27/2024 3:54:03 PM
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