Sophie CARIGNAN

(b. 14 June 1804 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 26 April 1882 , Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada )

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Sophie CARIGNAN was born 14 June 1804 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Sophie CARIGNAN was the child of Pierre CARIGNAN and Judith RENAUD dite LOCAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Louis CARIGNAN dit BÉNARD and Marie-Rose JACQUES (maternal) Jean-Baptiste RENAUD dit LOCAS and Henriette-Ursule GRIGNON

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

Sophie married Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE 3 February 1823 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE was born 23 October 1802 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Jean-Baptiste died 1 May 1855 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Jean-Baptiste was the child of François FONTAINE dit BIENVENU and Marie TESSIER.

Sophie CARIGNAN died 26 April 1882 in Saint-Hugues, 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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Sophie CARIGNAN married

Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE-- Date: 3 February 1823 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE was the child of François FONTAINE dit BIENVENU and Marie TESSIER

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Children of Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE and Sophie CARIGNAN:

Sophie FONTAINE (b.30 March 1824, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Eusebe DUFRESNE 14 February 1841 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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1804 Birth
14 June 1804
Saint-Antoine-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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Sophie CARIGNAN and Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE 3 February 1823, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

She was 18 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Sophie FONTAINE was born 30 March 1824, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Sophie 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

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

1841 Marriage of Child
Sophie FONTAINE married 14 February 1841, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Eusebe DUFRESNE

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.

1855 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE died 1 May 1855, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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.