Sophie JACOB

Born

19 November 1820 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Died

3 July 1896 , Sts-Anges, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

Sophie married Basile PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS 14 February 1843 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Basile PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS was born 22 November 1813 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada. Basile died 6 August 1902 in Sts-Anges, Beauce, Quebec, Canada. Basile was the child of Basile DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Marie-Reine ROY .

Parents & Family of Sophie JACOB

Parents of Sophie JACOB

Father

François JACOB

Mother

Angélique ROY

Grandparents of Sophie JACOB

Paternal grandparents

François JACOB Marie RHÉAUME

Maternal grandparents

Jean ROY Angélique VACHON dite PAMERLAUX

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Sophie JACOB

Sophie JACOB married

Basile PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS
Marriage date: 14 February 1843
Marriage place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East
Basile PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS was the child of Basile DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Marie-Reine ROY

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Basile PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS and Sophie JACOB

Agnes PICARD

Born: 26 September 1861, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East
Died: abt. 1915,

Married: Cyrille TURMEL 25 July 1881

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1820
19 November 1820
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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 Marriage / Partner
Sophie JACOB and Basile PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS 14 February 1843, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

She was 22 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.

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

1861 Birth of Child
Agnes PICARD was born 26 September 1861, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 40 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.