Seraphine ST-LAURENT

(b. 9 February 1834 , Rimouski, Lower Canada d. 12 April 1874 , St-Moise, Matapédia, Quebec, Canada )

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Seraphine ST-LAURENT was born 9 February 1834 in Rimouski, Lower Canada

Seraphine ST-LAURENT was the child of Alexis ST-LAURENT and Therese DESROSIERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste ST-LAURENT and Therese LANGLOIS (maternal) Joseph-Jean-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE and Josephte DUBE

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

Seraphine married Marcel BROCHU 3 January 1852 in Sainte-Flavie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marcel BROCHU was born 15 February 1823 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Marcel was the child of Pierre BROCHU and Suzanne GUENETTE.

Seraphine ST-LAURENT died 12 April 1874 in St-Moise, Matapédia, 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.

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Seraphine ST-LAURENT married

Marcel BROCHU-- Date: 3 January 1852 Place: Sainte-Flavie, Canada East
Marcel BROCHU was the child of Pierre BROCHU and Suzanne GUENETTE

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Children of Marcel BROCHU and Seraphine ST-LAURENT:

Suzanne BROCHU (b.May 1854, Sainte-Flavie, Canada East d. , )
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 17 December 1872

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1834 Birth
9 February 1834
Rimouski, Lower Canada

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.

1852 Marriage / Partner
Seraphine ST-LAURENT and Marcel BROCHU 3 January 1852, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Suzanne BROCHU was born May 1854, Sainte-Flavie, Québec, Canada

Seraphine was 20 years old.

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.