Sophie Marchand (1821 - 1911)

Born 21 Feb 1821 in Chateauguay (St-Joachim-de-Chateauguay), Bas-Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Alexis Hébert — married 19 Feb 1838 in Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay, Châteauguay, Bas-Canada

Descendants

Died 14 Jun 1911 at age 90 in Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Sophie, the daughter of Nicholas Marchand and Marguerite Gendron, was born and baptized 21 February 1821 in Chateauguay. The Saint Joachim parish register identifies her as ""Sophie née ce jour du légitime mariage de Nicolas Marchand cultivateur de cette paroisse et de Marguerite Jeandron. Parrain Joseph Marchand, Marraine Theotiste Jeandron."^[1]

On 19 February 1838 she married Alexis Hébert. The Saint Joachim parish records state that the marriage was between "Alexis Hébert cultivateur fils majeur de Paul Hébert & Josephte Tougas de la paroisse de St Clement d'une part, et Sophie Marchand fille mineure de Nicolas Marchand cultivateur et de Marguerite Gendron de cette paroisse d'autre part; . . . en présence de Paul Hébert père, Geoffroy Hébert frère de l'époux, Jacques Goguet, Nicolas Marchand père de l'épouse, François Roi, Eric Bourion et de plusieurs autres parens et amis."^[2]

Widowed in 1890, Sophie was living with her son Henri at the time of her death in 1911.^[3] She herself died 14 June 1911 in Saint Étienne de Beauharnois and is buried in the parish cemetery.^[4]

Census Data

Canada Census, 1881, Beauharnois, Quebec^[5]

Alexis Hébert, Male, 71y, Quebec

Sophie Hébert, Female, 61y, Quebec

Albini Hébert, Male, 22y, Quebec

Isidore Hébert, Male, 27y, Quebec

Henri Hébert, Male, 18y, Quebec

Olivine Hébert, Female, 15y, Quebec

Malvina Hébert, Female, 24y, Quebec

Recensement du Canada de 1911, Beauharnois Sub-Districts 1-16, Quebec^[3]

Henri Hébert, Chef, Male, 49, Quebec

Caroline Hébert, Wife, Female, 43, Quebec

Eugénie Hébert, Daughter, Female, 21, Quebec

Béatrique Hébert, Daughter, Female, 18, Quebec

Gorge Hébert, Son, Male, 14, Quebec

Louis Emile Hébert, Son, Male, 10, Quebec

Hucher Hébert, Son, Male, 8, Quebec

Laurence Hébert, Daughter, Female, 3, Quebec

Sophie Hébert, Mother, Female, 90, Quebec

Sources

1. ↑ FS "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27996-17958-77?cc=1321742 : 16 July 2014), Châteauguay > Saint-Joachim-de-Châteauguay > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1819-1829 > image 92 of 480; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
2. ↑ FS "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G993-WXM1?cc=1321742&wc=HC5Q-RM9%3A13629501%2C13629502%2C15071601 : 16 July 2014), Châteauguay > Saint-Joachim-de-Châteauguay > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1829-1839 > image 447 of 535; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} FS "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB7-Z5MC : 16 March 2018), Sophie Hébert in entry for Henri Hébert, 1911; citing Census, Beauharnois Sub-Districts 1-16, Quebec, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,540.
4. ↑ FS "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6MRB-Q3W2 : 18 December 2020), Sophie Marchand Hébert, ; Burial, Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada, Saint Etienne de Beauharnois Cemetery; citing record ID 216469223, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
5. ↑ FS "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVJ4-ZSJ : 20 May 2019), Alexis Hébert, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Alexis Hébert, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

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