Catherine SOURDIVES

(b. 12 May 1800 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 21 July 1841 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East )

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Catherine SOURDIVES was born 12 May 1800 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Catherine SOURDIVES was the child of Jean-Baptiste SOURDIVES and Ursule TREMBLAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste SOURDIVES and Genevieve-Agathe PAQUET (maternal) Jean-François TREMBLAY and Marie-Madeleine GONTHIER

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

Catherine married François GIRARD 15 November 1824 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François GIRARD was born 27 April 1789 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). François died 14 August 1873 in Saint-Hilarion, Québec, Canada (Settrington). François was the child of Louis-Marie GIRARD and Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY.

Catherine SOURDIVES died 21 July 1841 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East.
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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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Catherine SOURDIVES married

François GIRARD-- Date: 15 November 1824 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
François GIRARD was the child of Louis-Marie GIRARD and Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY

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Children of François GIRARD and Catherine SOURDIVES:

Zoe GIRARD (b.15 October 1829, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste TREMBLAY 11 May 1863 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1800 Birth
12 May 1800
Les Éboulements, 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
Catherine SOURDIVES and François GIRARD 15 November 1824, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 24 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)

1829 Birth of Child
Zoe GIRARD was born 15 October 1829, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Catherine was 29 years old.

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