Sophie COMBE dite BRINDAMOUR

(b. 11 January 1805 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 14 September 1888 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada )

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Sophie COMBE dite BRINDAMOUR was born 11 January 1805 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Sophie COMBE dite BRINDAMOUR was the child of Andre COMBE dit BRINDAMOUR and Marie-Louise BOURGAULT dite LACROIX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Andre COMBE dit BRINDAMOUR and Marie-Louise DROLET (maternal) Etienne BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marie-Judith MAGUET (MAILLET)

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

Sophie married François PHANEUF 1 June 1824 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François PHANEUF was born 3 October 1800 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). François was the child of François PHANEUF and Marguerite BOUSQUET.

Sophie COMBE dite BRINDAMOUR died 14 September 1888 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada .
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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.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Family and Children of Sophie COMBE dite BRINDAMOUR

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Sophie COMBE dite BRINDAMOUR married

François PHANEUF-- Date: 1 June 1824 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
François PHANEUF was the child of François PHANEUF and Marguerite BOUSQUET

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Children of François PHANEUF and Sophie COMBE dite BRINDAMOUR:

Odile PHANEUF (b.13 August 1833, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 14 February 1918, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada)
m. Emmanuel CODERE 25 July 1853 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1805 Birth
11 January 1805
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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)

1824 Marriage / Partner
Sophie COMBE dite BRINDAMOUR and François PHANEUF 1 June 1824, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

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

1833 Birth of Child
Odile PHANEUF was born 13 August 1833, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 28 years old.

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 - 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.

1853 Marriage of Child
Odile PHANEUF married 25 July 1853, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Emmanuel CODERE

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.