flag female ancestor  Sophie  DUFOUR

  (b. 15 December 1812 Kamouraska, Lower Canada   d. 29 June 1890 Saint-Philippe-de-Néri, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada )  

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Sophie DUFOUR was born 15 December 1812 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Sophie DUFOUR was the child of Ambroise DUFOUR   and   Marie-Victoire LORD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Guillaume-Marc DUFOUR and Marie TREMBLAY (maternal)  Pierre LORD and Emerentienne SAVARD

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Sophie  married  Paschal MICHAUD 13 August 1833 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Paschal MICHAUD  was born abt. 1808 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Paschal died 27 December 1893 in Saint-Philippe-de-Néri,Kamouraska,Qc Canada.  Paschal was the child of Jean-Pascal MICHAUD and Marie-Genevieve HUDON dite BEAULIEU.

Sophie DUFOUR died 29 June 1890 in Saint-Philippe-de-Néri, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.
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Did You Know? 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.

Family and Children of Sophie DUFOUR

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Sophie DUFOUR married flag male ancestor Paschal MICHAUD-- Date: 13 August 1833  Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Paschal MICHAUD was the child of Jean-Pascal MICHAUD and Marie-Genevieve HUDON dite BEAULIEU




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Children of Paschal MICHAUD and Sophie DUFOUR:

flag male ancestor Edouard MICHAUD (b.23 August 1842, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East  d. 19 March 1920, Saint-Philippe-de-Néri, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Mathilde BEAUPRE 28 January 1868



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birth1812 Birth
15 December 1812
Kamouraska, Lower Canada
News1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
Kings and Queens1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
marriage1833 Marriage / Partner
Sophie DUFOUR and Paschal MICHAUD 13 August 1833 , Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 20 years old.
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1842 Birth of Child
Edouard MICHAUD was born 23 August 1842, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 29 years old.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
death1890 Death
29 June 1890
Saint-Philippe-de-Néri, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

She died at the age of 77.
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