flag female ancestor  Felicite  SEVIGNY

  (b. 3 May 1828 Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada   d. 12 June 1899 Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada )  

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Felicite SEVIGNY was born 3 May 1828 in Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada

Felicite SEVIGNY was the child of Joseph-Marie SEVIGNY   and   Catherine LEDOUX and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph SEVIGNY and Marie-Thérèse GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE (maternal)  Louis LEDOUX and Marguerite BERTRAND

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Felicite  married  Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX 15 September 1845 in Granby, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX  was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Pierre died 14 June 1886 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.  Pierre was the child of Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marguerite REIMSHNEDER.

Felicite SEVIGNY died 12 June 1899 in Sherbrooke, Québec, 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.

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Felicite SEVIGNY married flag male ancestor Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX-- Date: 15 September 1845  Place: Granby, Canada East
Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX was the child of Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marguerite REIMSHNEDER




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Children of Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Felicite SEVIGNY:

flag male ancestor Guillaume LACROIX (b.10 May 1865, Sherbrooke, Canada East  d. , )
m. Georgianna GADBOIS 11 September 1909 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada



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birth1828 Birth
3 May 1828
Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
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
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
marriage1845 Marriage / Partner
Felicite SEVIGNY and Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX 15 September 1845 , Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby)

She was 17 years old.
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.
1865 Birth of Child
Guillaume LACROIX was born 10 May 1865, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Felicite was 37 years old.
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)
1886 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX died 14 June 1886, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1899 Death
12 June 1899
Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 71.


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