Adelaide SÉVIGNY

(b. 24 July 1795 , Repentigny, Lower Canada d. 1 April 1861 , Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Canada East )

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Adelaide SÉVIGNY was born 24 July 1795 in Repentigny, Lower Canada

Adelaide SÉVIGNY was the child of Eustache SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Angélique-Monique ARCHAMBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Françoise BÉLAND (maternal) Jean-Baptiste-Jacques ARCHAMBAULT and Marie-Louise VAILLANT

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

Adelaide married Pierre ÉTHIER 25 November 1816 in Montréal, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 16 children.
Pierre ÉTHIER was born 10 August 1790 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Pierre died 8 December 1845 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Pierre was the child of François ÉTHIER and Marguerite BEAUDOIN.

Adelaide SÉVIGNY died 1 April 1861 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Canada East.

Sevigny Name Meaning
Altered form of French Sévigné: habitational name from Sévigné a place in Ille-et-Vilaine Brittany (France) so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name Sabinius a derivative of Latin Sabinus (see Sabin ) + the locative suffix -acum.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Savin, Lavigne, Servin, Levin, Sevy, Deveny, Savino, Sevilla, Levine

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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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Family and Children of Adelaide SÉVIGNY

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Adelaide SÉVIGNY married

Pierre ÉTHIER-- Date: 25 November 1816 Place: Montréal, Lower Canada
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Pierre ÉTHIER was the child of François ÉTHIER and Marguerite BEAUDOIN

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Children of Pierre ÉTHIER and Adelaide SÉVIGNY:

Marie Adelaide (Adee) ÉTHIER (b.10 December 1818, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada d. 24 July 1847, Saint-Sulpice, Canada East)
m. Joseph BRÊME dit BOURDELAIS 21 February 1843 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Emilie ÉTHIER (b.13 November 1819, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. , )

Éléonore ÉTHIER (b.15 March 1821, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. 9 January 1904, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada)
m. Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU 21 February 1843 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Pierre ÉTHIER (b.6 October 1822, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Prescille DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE 29 September 1852 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

François-Xavier ÉTHIER (b.19 December 1823, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. , , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Odile PAYETTE dite ST-AMOUR 10 September 1849 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Octave ÉTHIER (b.3 June 1825, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. 12 May 1894, Repentigny, Québec, Canada )
m. Rosalie RICHARD 26 August 1851 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Henriette ÉTHIER (b.7 January 1827, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. 31 January 1886, Sainte-Julienne, Québec, Canada )

Henri ÉTHIER (b.21 February 1828, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. 23 February 1828, Lachenaie, Lower Canada )

Julie ÉTHIER (b.24 February 1829, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. , )

Joseph ÉTHIER (b.6 March 1830, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. 5 July 1907, Westmeath, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada?)

Theophile ÉTHIER (b.22 May 1831, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie-Louise ÉTHIER (b.29 April 1833, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. abt. 1901, )
m. Henri-Cleophas MARTINEAU 5 September 1854 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

Josephine ÉTHIER (b.3 October 1834, Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada d. abt. 1900, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Antoine-Gustave LORD 9 May 1867 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marguerite-Seraphine ÉTHIER (b.12 August 1836, Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada d. 29 February 1904, Montréal, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Louis BEAUDRY 1861 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Philomene ETHIER (b.17 December 1837, L'Assomption, Lower Canada d. 5 April 1848, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Canada East)

Alexandre (Alexis) ÉTHIER (HICKEY) (b.1 December 1839, L'Assomption, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marie (Mary) BELANGER (BAKER) 16 April 1861

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1795 Birth
24 July 1795
Repentigny, Lower Canada

Adelaide SÉVIGNY - Baptism Repentigny, QC, Canada

Baptism
Repentigny, QC, Canada

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1816 Marriage / Partner
Adelaide SÉVIGNY and Pierre ÉTHIER 25 November 1816, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 21 years old.

1816 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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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.

1818 Birth of Child
Marie Adelaide (Adee) ÉTHIER was born 10 December 1818, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Adelaide was 23 years old.

1819 Birth of Child
Emilie ÉTHIER was born 13 November 1819, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Adelaide was 24 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Birth of Child
Éléonore ÉTHIER was born 15 March 1821, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Adelaide was 25 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Pierre ÉTHIER was born 6 October 1822, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Adelaide was 27 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
François-Xavier ÉTHIER was born 19 December 1823, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Adelaide was 28 years old.

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

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Octave ÉTHIER was born 3 June 1825, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Adelaide was 29 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Henriette ÉTHIER was born 7 January 1827, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Adelaide was 31 years old.

1828 Birth of Child
Henri ÉTHIER was born 21 February 1828, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Adelaide was 32 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Julie ÉTHIER was born 24 February 1829, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Adelaide was 33 years old.

1830 Birth of Child
Joseph ÉTHIER was born 6 March 1830, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Adelaide was 34 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Theophile ÉTHIER was born 22 May 1831, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Adelaide was 35 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise ÉTHIER was born 29 April 1833, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Adelaide was 37 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Josephine ÉTHIER was born 3 October 1834, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Adelaide was 39 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Seraphine ÉTHIER was born 12 August 1836, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Adelaide was 41 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1837 Birth of Child
Marie-Philomene ETHIER was born 17 December 1837, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Adelaide was 42 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Alexandre (Alexis) ÉTHIER (HICKEY) was born 1 December 1839, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Adelaide was 44 years old.

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Éléonore ÉTHIER married 21 February 1843, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Henri-Norbert MARTINEAU

1843 Marriage of Child
Marie Adelaide (Adee) ÉTHIER married 21 February 1843, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Joseph BRÊME dit BOURDELAIS

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre ÉTHIER died 8 December 1845, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

1847 Death of Child
Marie Adelaide (Adee) ÉTHIER died 24 July 1847, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Adelaide was 52 years old.

1848 Death of Child
Marie-Philomene ETHIER died 5 April 1848, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

Adelaide was 52 years old.

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

1849 Marriage of Child
François-Xavier ÉTHIER married 10 September 1849, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Odile PAYETTE dite ST-AMOUR

1851 Marriage of Child
Octave ÉTHIER married 26 August 1851, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Rosalie RICHARD

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

1852 Marriage of Child
Pierre ÉTHIER married 29 September 1852, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Prescille DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE

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

1854 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise ÉTHIER married 5 September 1854 , Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada to Henri-Cleophas MARTINEAU

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