Sophie COITEUX

(b. 4 March 1829 , Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada d. 17 May 1873 , Bromont, La Haute-Yamaska, Quebec, Canada )

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Sophie COITEUX was born 4 March 1829 in Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada

Sophie COITEUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste COITEUX and Marie-Louise MAINVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph COITEUX (COITOU) and Marie-Charlotte GUYON (maternal) Joseph MAINVILLE (MIVILLE) and Marie-Louise BEAUDRY

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

Sophie married Charles BEDARD 17 June 1845 in Henryville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles BEDARD was born 16 July 1824 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Charles died 3 August 1898 in St-Étienne-de-Bolton, Québec, Canada.

Sophie COITEUX died 17 May 1873 in Bromont, La Haute-Yamaska, Quebec, 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.

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Sophie COITEUX married

Charles BEDARD-- Date: 17 June 1845 Place: Henryville, Canada East

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Children of Charles BEDARD and Sophie COITEUX:

Rosalie BEDOIR (BEDARD) (b.8 March 1850, Franklin, Vermont, USA d. 11 November 1936, Huntington, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Joseph MCLEAN 1873

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1829 Birth
4 March 1829
Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada

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

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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Sophie COITEUX and Charles BEDARD 17 June 1845, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

She was 16 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Rosalie BEDOIR (BEDARD) was born 8 March 1850, Franklin, Vermont, USA (Huntsburgh) (Browns Corners) (East Franklin) (Morses Line)

Sophie was 21 years old.

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.