Joseph ISOIRE dit PROVENÇAL

Born

abt. 1810 , Canada

Died

28 October 1886 , Wotton, Québec, Canada

Joseph married Ursule ROBERGE 16 August 1831 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Ursule ROBERGE was born 23 September 1812 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada . Ursule died 31 March 1884 in Wotton, Québec, Canada . Ursule was the child of Louis ROBERGE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Celeste LEBRUN dite CARRIÈRE .

Parents & Family of Joseph ISOIRE dit PROVENÇAL

Parents of Joseph ISOIRE dit PROVENÇAL

Father

Etienne ISOIRE (HYSOIRE) dit PROVENCAL

Mother

Marie-Anne LEPAGE

Grandparents of Joseph ISOIRE dit PROVENÇAL

Paternal grandparents

Etienne ISOIRE dit PROVENÇAL Brigitte DERY

Maternal grandparents

Joseph LEPAGE Marie-Anne HAUTBOIS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph ISOIRE dit PROVENÇAL

Joseph ISOIRE dit PROVENÇAL married

Ursule ROBERGE
Marriage date: 16 August 1831
Marriage place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Ursule ROBERGE was the child of Louis ROBERGE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Celeste LEBRUN dite CARRIÈRE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph ISOIRE dit PROVENÇAL and Ursule ROBERGE

Celine PROVENCAL

Born: 8 August 1832, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Gabriel LEONARD 31 May 1848 Place: Montréal, Canada East

Octave PROVENCAL

Born: 27 December 1854, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 13 February 1919, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Joseph's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

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

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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.

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

1831 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ISOIRE dit PROVENÇAL and Ursule ROBERGE 16 August 1831, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Joseph ISOIRE dit PROVENÇAL - 1831 marriage

1831 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1832 Birth of Child
Celine PROVENCAL was born 8 August 1832, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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

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)

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage of Child
Celine PROVENCAL married 31 May 1848, Montréal, Canada East to Gabriel LEONARD

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

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

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

1854 Birth of Child
Octave PROVENCAL was born 27 December 1854, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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.