Sophie RAJOTTE

(b. 31 May 1852 , Sorel, Canada East d. 3 December 1935 , Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Sophie RAJOTTE was born 31 May 1852 in Sorel, Canada East

Sophie RAJOTTE was the child of Paul-Napoleon RAJOTTE (RAGEOT) and Marie-Anne HUS COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph RAJOTTE (RAGEOT) and Françoise PIZANNE (maternal) Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne SALVAIL

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

Sophie married Paul HUS COURNOYER 8 August 1871 in Sorel, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Paul HUS COURNOYER was born 20 March 1843 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Paul was the child of Paul HUS COURNOYER and Angele MONGEAU.

Sophie RAJOTTE died 3 December 1935 in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada.

m. Napoleon Hus Cournoyer 8 AUG 1871 in St-Pierre-de-Sorel, Québec

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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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Family and Children of Sophie RAJOTTE

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Sophie RAJOTTE married

Paul HUS COURNOYER-- Date: 8 August 1871 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada
Paul HUS COURNOYER was the child of Paul HUS COURNOYER and Angele MONGEAU

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Children of Paul HUS COURNOYER and Sophie RAJOTTE:

Marie-Louise HUS COURNOYER (b.27 January 1873, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada d. , )

Paul HUS COURNOYER (b.12 October 1874, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada d. , )

Lea HUS COURNOYER (b.1 January 1877, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada d. , )

Elise HUS COURNOYER (b.January 1881, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada d. , )

Pierre-Hormidas HUS COURNOYER (b.25 March 1883, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada d. , )

Philomene-Dina HUS COURNOYER (b.22 September 1885, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada d. 8 March 1929, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)
m. Arthur BEAUCHEMIN 16 February 1904 in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Laura HUS COURNOYER (b.25 May 1889, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada d. , )

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1852 Birth
31 May 1852
Sorel, Canada East

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.

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.

1871 Marriage / Partner
Sophie RAJOTTE and Paul HUS COURNOYER 8 August 1871, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 19 years old.

1873 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise HUS COURNOYER was born 27 January 1873, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 20 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Birth of Child
Paul HUS COURNOYER was born 12 October 1874, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 22 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 Birth of Child
Lea HUS COURNOYER was born 1 January 1877, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 24 years old.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 Birth of Child
Elise HUS COURNOYER was born January 1881, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 28 years old.

1883 Birth of Child
Pierre-Hormidas HUS COURNOYER was born 25 March 1883, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 30 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 Birth of Child
Philomene-Dina HUS COURNOYER was born 22 September 1885, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 33 years old.

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 Birth of Child
Laura HUS COURNOYER was born 25 May 1889, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 37 years old.

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 Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 Marriage of Child
Philomene-Dina HUS COURNOYER married 16 February 1904, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada to Arthur BEAUCHEMIN

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada