Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE

Born

23 March 1789 , Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

31 July 1875 , Beloeil, Québec, Canada

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Joseph FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE Angélique BRODEUR

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Born: 23 March 1789 in Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE

Mother: Angélique BRODEUR

Paternal grandparents: Charles-Joseph FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE , Charlotte TRUDEAU

Maternal grandparents: Christophe BRODEUR , Marie-Angélique LUSSIER

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Joseph married Angélique BEAUDRY October 22, 1810 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Angélique BEAUDRY was born 7 January 1790 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Angélique died 20 June 1834 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Angélique was the child of Joseph-Louis BEAUDRY and Archange BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE.

Joseph married (2) Angelique SICARD 11 January 1836 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique SICARD was born 2 October 1795 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Angelique was the child of Barthelemy SICARD and Elisabeth GERVAIS.

Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE died 31 July 1875 in Beloeil, Québec, 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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Spouse & Children of Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE

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Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE married

Angélique BEAUDRY
Marriage date: October 22, 1810
Marriage place: Beloeil, Lower Canada
Angélique BEAUDRY was the child of Joseph-Louis BEAUDRY and Archange BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE

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Children of Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE and Angélique BEAUDRY

Julie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE

Born: 12 September 1811, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: April 1897, Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Married: Abraham BERNARD dit BROUILLETTE 4 February 1828 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Marie-Placide FOURNIER dite PRÉFONTAINE

Born: 10 September 1812, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1897, Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Married: François PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN 27 November 1832

Joseph PRÉFONTAINE

Born: 10 April 1814, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: 3 July 1901, Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Married: Scholastique CARPENTIER dite SANSFAÇON 6 October 1835 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE

Born: 16 August 1816, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: 30 September 1876, Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN 6 October 1835 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Married: Prudent GABORIAULT dit LAPALME 4 October 1852 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Jean-Baptiste-Christophe PREFONTAINE

Born: 30 August 1817, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: 5 May 1877, Chambly, Québec, Canada

Married: Françoise CHICOINE 24 January 1842 Place: Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Theophile PREFONTAINE

Born: 2 August 1820, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Andre PRÉFONTAINE

Born: 14 January 1822, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: 20 October 1889, Roxton Falls, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie Louise JANOT dite LACHAPELLE 27 September 1842 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Octave FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE

Born: 30 November 1825, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: 19 February 1909, Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Married: Hortense SENECAL 29 September 1846 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Calixte PREFONTAINE

Born: 16 January 1827, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: 13 July 1912, Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Louise-Leocadie SENÉCAL 30 September 1851 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Alexandre PREFONTAINE dit FOURNIER

Born: 6 November 1830, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: 17 April 1874, Beloeil, Québec, Canada

Married: Aurelie GABORIAULT dite LAPALME 11 October 1852 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE married

Angelique SICARD
Marriage date: 11 January 1836
Marriage place: Beloeil, Lower Canada
Angelique SICARD was the child of Barthelemy SICARD and Elisabeth GERVAIS

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Children of Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE and Angelique SICARD

Hermenegilde PREFONTAINE

Born: 8 September 1837, Beloeil, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Octavie BEAUDRY 22 February 1859

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Birth — 1789
23 March 1789
Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE and Angélique BEAUDRY October 22, 1810, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

He was 21 years old.

Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE - 1810 marriage

1810 marriage

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1811 Birth of Child
Julie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE was born 12 September 1811, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Joseph was 22 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Marie-Placide FOURNIER dite PRÉFONTAINE was born 10 September 1812, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Joseph was 23 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Joseph PRÉFONTAINE was born 10 April 1814, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Joseph was 25 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE was born 16 August 1816, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Joseph was 27 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Christophe PREFONTAINE was born 30 August 1817, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Joseph was 28 years old.

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

1820 Birth of Child
Theophile PREFONTAINE was born 2 August 1820, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Joseph was 31 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Andre PRÉFONTAINE was born 14 January 1822, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Joseph was 32 years old.

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

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

1825 Birth of Child
Octave FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE was born 30 November 1825, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Joseph was 36 years old.

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Calixte PREFONTAINE was born 16 January 1827, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Joseph was 37 years old.

1828 Marriage of Child
Julie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE married 4 February 1828, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Abraham BERNARD dit BROUILLETTE

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1830 Birth of Child
Alexandre PREFONTAINE dit FOURNIER was born 6 November 1830, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Joseph was 41 years old.

1834 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angélique BEAUDRY died 20 June 1834, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

1835 Marriage of Child
Joseph PRÉFONTAINE married 6 October 1835, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Scholastique CARPENTIER dite SANSFAÇON

1835 Marriage of Child
Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE married 6 October 1835, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Joseph PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

1836 Marriage / Partner
Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE and Angelique SICARD 11 January 1836 , Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

He was 46 years old.

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

1837 Birth of Child
Hermenegilde PREFONTAINE was born 8 September 1837, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Joseph was 48 years old.

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Christophe PREFONTAINE married 24 January 1842, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Françoise CHICOINE

1842 Marriage of Child
Andre PRÉFONTAINE married 27 September 1842, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Marie Louise JANOT dite LACHAPELLE

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Octave FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE married 29 September 1846, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Hortense SENECAL

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

1851 Marriage of Child
Calixte PREFONTAINE married 30 September 1851, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Marie-Louise-Leocadie SENÉCAL

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

1852 Marriage of Child
Lucie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE married 4 October 1852, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Prudent GABORIAULT dit LAPALME

1852 Marriage of Child
Alexandre PREFONTAINE dit FOURNIER married 11 October 1852, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Aurelie GABORIAULT dite LAPALME

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

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Death of Child
Alexandre PREFONTAINE dit FOURNIER died 17 April 1874, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Joseph was 85 years old.