Sophie HUS COURNOYER

(b. 12 July 1817 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 6 June 1873 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Sophie HUS COURNOYER was born 12 July 1817 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Sophie HUS COURNOYER was the child of Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marie-Anne SALVAIL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marguerite PELOQUIN FELIX (maternal) Joseph SALVAIL and Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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Sophie married Theophile VANDENDAIGUE dit GADBOIS 28 January 1840 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Theophile VANDENDAIGUE dit GADBOIS was born 21 April 1814 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Theophile died 27 December 1890 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Theophile was the child of Pierre VANDANDAIGUE dit GADBOIS and Marie-Anne DELISLE.

Sophie HUS COURNOYER died 6 June 1873 in Québec Province, 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 HUS COURNOYER married

Theophile VANDENDAIGUE dit GADBOIS-- Date: 28 January 1840 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
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Theophile VANDENDAIGUE dit GADBOIS was the child of Pierre VANDANDAIGUE dit GADBOIS and Marie-Anne DELISLE

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Children of Theophile VANDENDAIGUE dit GADBOIS and Sophie HUS COURNOYER:

Marie-Elmire GADBOIS (b.7 October 1841, Sorel, Canada East d. 10 August 1889, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL 4 February 1862 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Délima GADBOIS (b.31 October 1842, Sorel, Canada East d. , )
m. Narcisse SALVAIL 31 January 1865 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Paul Guillaume (William) GADBOIS (b.20 October 1844, Sorel, Canada East d. 6 September 1864, Sorel, Canada East )

Jean GADBOIS (b.20 January 1846, Sorel, Canada East d. 11 February 1846, Sorel, Canada East )

Bruno GADBOIS (b.1 August 1847, Sorel, Canada East d. 9 September 1848, Sorel, Canada East )

Pierre GADBOIS (b.24 March 1849, Sorel, Canada East d. , )
m. Sophie SALVAIL 20 February 1871 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Simon GADBOIS (b.12 April 1851, Sorel, Canada East d. 6 July 1936, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Elise GUEVREMONT 6 April 1875 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Elie GADBOIS (b.19 November 1852, Sorel, Canada East d. 9 February 1939, , Minnesota, USA)

Paul GADBOIS (b.17 September 1854, Sorel, Canada East d. 2 January 1934, St Paul, Minnesota, USA)

Felix GADBOIS (b.22 October 1857, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Olivier GADBOIS (b.9 January 1860, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

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1817 Birth
12 July 1817
Sorel, Lower Canada

Baptism

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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)

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Sophie HUS COURNOYER and Theophile VANDENDAIGUE dit GADBOIS 28 January 1840, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 22 years old.

1840 marriage

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1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1841 Birth of Child
Marie-Elmire GADBOIS was born 7 October 1841, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 24 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Délima GADBOIS was born 31 October 1842, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 25 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Birth of Child
Paul Guillaume (William) GADBOIS was born 20 October 1844, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 27 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Jean GADBOIS was born 20 January 1846, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 28 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Bruno GADBOIS was born 1 August 1847, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 30 years old.

1848 Death of Child
Bruno GADBOIS died 9 September 1848, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 31 years old.

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

1849 Birth of Child
Pierre GADBOIS was born 24 March 1849, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 31 years old.

1851 Birth of Child
Simon GADBOIS was born 12 April 1851, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 33 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Elie GADBOIS was born 19 November 1852, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 35 years old.

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

1854 Birth of Child
Paul GADBOIS was born 17 September 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 37 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.

1857 Birth of Child
Felix GADBOIS was born 22 October 1857, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 40 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Birth of Child
Olivier GADBOIS was born 9 January 1860, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 42 years old.

1862 Marriage of Child
Marie-Elmire GADBOIS married 4 February 1862, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Jean-Baptiste SALVAIL

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Child
Paul Guillaume (William) GADBOIS died 6 September 1864, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Sophie was 47 years old.

1865 Marriage of Child
Délima GADBOIS married 31 January 1865, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Narcisse SALVAIL

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.