Ursule HEBERT

(b. 17 August 1786 , L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 September 1875 , Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

Am I Your Ancestor?
HEBERT Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!

What started out as our family is now your’s too!

Ursule HEBERT was born 17 August 1786 in L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

Ursule HEBERT was the child of Jean Baptiste HÉBERT and Nathalie LANOUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles HÉBERT and Ursule FOREST (maternal) Pierre LANOUE and Marie Ursule BRUN

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

Ursule married Firmin BOUDREAU 19 November 1804 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . Firmin BOUDREAU was born 22 May 1783 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Firmin died 13 January 1838 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester). Firmin was the child of Etienne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Marguerite DUPUIS.

Ursule married (2) Abraham GIRARD 4 October 1842 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East . Abraham GIRARD was born 10 May 1785 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).

Ursule HEBERT died 20 September 1875 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada .

m. Boudreau Firmin
m. Girard Abraham

Details of the family tree of Ursule appear below.

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.

A Glimpse into the Life of the Average Woman in Mid-19th Century Quebec

The Definitive Guide for Researching Your French-Canadian Ancestors in 2025

Family and Children of Ursule HEBERT

[Hide/Show]

Ursule HEBERT married

Firmin BOUDREAU-- Date: 19 November 1804 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Firmin BOUDREAU was the child of Etienne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) and Marguerite DUPUIS

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

Children of Firmin BOUDREAU and Ursule HEBERT:

Ursule HEBERT married

Abraham GIRARD-- Date: 4 October 1842 Place: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

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

Children of Abraham GIRARD and Ursule HEBERT:

Share the History, Life Events, and Stories of Ursule HEBERT
(Add details like birth, baptism, census records, military service, obituary, personal achievements, and more.)

[Hide/Show]

Discovering the Ancestry of Ursule HEBERT: Events, Photos & Historical Records

1786 Birth
17 August 1786
L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1804 Marriage / Partner
Ursule HEBERT and Firmin BOUDREAU 19 November 1804, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 18 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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

1838 Death of Spouse/Partner
Firmin BOUDREAU died 13 January 1838, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Ursule HEBERT and Abraham GIRARD 4 October 1842, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

She was 56 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

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.