Sophie GOSSELIN

(b. 5 April 1805 , Saint-Luc, Lower Canada d. 8 October 1873 , Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada )

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Sophie GOSSELIN was born 5 April 1805 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

Sophie GOSSELIN was the child of Joseph GOSSELIN and Marie-Ursule PLOUFFE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GOSSELIN and Marie-Anne FORTIER (maternal) François PLOUFFE and Marie-Ursule EMERY dite CODERRE

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

Sophie married Joseph CUSSON 12 October 1824 in Saint-Luc, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph CUSSON was born 7 September 1799 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Joseph died 25 November 1875 in Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington). Joseph was the child of Pierre-Gaspard CUSSON and Marie-Felicite PAQUET dite LARIVIERE.

Sophie GOSSELIN died 8 October 1873 in Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, 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.

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Family and Children of Sophie GOSSELIN

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Sophie GOSSELIN married

Joseph CUSSON-- Date: 12 October 1824 Place: Saint-Luc, Lower Canada
Joseph CUSSON was the child of Pierre-Gaspard CUSSON and Marie-Felicite PAQUET dite LARIVIERE

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Children of Joseph CUSSON and Sophie GOSSELIN:

Moise CUSSON (b.3 April 1827, Iberville, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Matilda BEAUDIN 1850 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Antoine CUSSON (b.10 May 1840, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Adeline-Marie GIROUX 2 May 1865 in Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington)

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1805 Birth
5 April 1805
Saint-Luc, 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 GOSSELIN and Joseph CUSSON 12 October 1824, Saint-Luc, 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)

1827 Birth of Child
Moise CUSSON was born 3 April 1827, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Sophie was 22 years old.

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

1840 Birth of Child
Antoine CUSSON was born 10 May 1840, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Sophie was 35 years old.

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.

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)

1865 Marriage of Child
Antoine CUSSON married 2 May 1865, Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington, Québec, Canada (Sherrington) to Adeline-Marie GIROUX

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.