Sophie Laurin Brosseau

Maybe you were reading " The Battle of St Eustache " before you clicked on Sophie Laurin Brosseau. If not you might want to read that page as it is the previous section of the bigger story.


Sophie Laurin Brosseau and Toussaint Brosseau had many children.

They must have been quite the couple. He died in May of 1897 and she followed soon after in November of 1897. He had been born in 1813 about, and she had been born in 1818. They were in the center of, and survived the 1837 and 1838 rebellions with their parents, cousins, aunts, uncles, neighbours, cats, dogs, chickens and what else.
They moved to St Marthe and likely read papers telling stories about a struggle between John A. McDonald, George Brown ( or was that Fleming ??? ) and others as Canada was looking for a sovereign identity. That identity came, when on July 1, 1867, Queen Victoria signed the British North American Act which saw the formation of a Dominion of Canada ( Confederate Canada ) by uniting the Province of Canada ( formerly until 1837 rebellion known has Upper and Lower Canada ) to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

All the while they are busy making babies.

Sophia Laurin Brosseau by Toussaint was mother of:

1. Toussaint - born 1841 and married Marcelline Couturier Lajoie 1869
2. Joseph - born 1843 and married Oxilda ( Dozilla ) Couturier Lajoie 1868
3. Jean Baptiste - born 1848 and married Marie Joannette 1872
4. Leandre - born 1850 and married Exilda (Azilda) Couturier Lajoie 1878
5. Charles - born 1852 and married Regina Mossey (Rosina Masse ) 1881
6. Olivier - born 1854 and married Philomene Cheff 1881
7. Marcelline - born 1856 and died single in 1888
8. Adolphe Emery - born 1858 and married Adelaide ( Aldea ) Roy 1888
9. Noel Gedeon - born 1861 and married Marie Louise Ladouceur 1890  

All of the children of Sophie Laurin Brosseau were born in St Marthe sur le Lac except for perhaps Joseph who may have been born in St Eustache. All of their marriages also took place in St Marthe.

Where is Prairies Spenard ? aka Ste Marthe


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St Marthe was not how they called their community in the 1800's according to this St Marthe sur le Lac website. They say that in 1811 the territory that would become the town of St Marthe sur le Lac was known by " Prairies Spenard " and was ruled as a typical manor estate with a lord - seigneur. At that time the Parish of St Eustache was the main city and had been established in 1770, incorporated in 1835, and burnt down in the 1837 rebellion. It wasn't until 1958, yes 19..., that St Eustache was partitioned and St Marthe became an autonomous parish. In 1960 St Marthe was officially named St Marthe sur le Lac and that town was incorporated as a city and suburb of Montreal in 1973.


When Sophie Laurin Brosseau and Toussaint were in their sixties, John A. McDonald was pushing for a railway that......more Why Sudbury and Chelmsford ?