Germain TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE

Born

27 June 1802 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Died

13 October 1871 , Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE Marie-Josephe DUMAS

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Born: 27 June 1802 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE

Mother: Marie-Josephe DUMAS

Paternal grandparents: Jean TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE , Dorothee BACON

Maternal grandparents: Joseph DUMAS , Marguerite BOURQUE (BOURG)

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Germain married Henriette GAUDREAU 14 September 1830 in Iberville, Lower Canada . Henriette GAUDREAU was born abt. 1812 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Henriette died 24 January 1831 in Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury). Henriette was the child of François GAUDREAU and Françoise FORTIN.

Germain married (2) Justine BERNIER 28 February 1832 in Iberville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Justine BERNIER was born 28 June 1805 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Justine died 17 January 1874 in Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury). Justine was the child of Clement BERNIER and Marie-Louise-Constant FORTIN.

Germain TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE died 13 October 1871 in Saint-Sébastien, Iberville, 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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Germain TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE married

Henriette GAUDREAU
Marriage date: 14 September 1830
Marriage place: Iberville, Lower Canada

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Henriette GAUDREAU was the child of François GAUDREAU and Françoise FORTIN

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Germain TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE married

Justine BERNIER
Marriage date: 28 February 1832
Marriage place: Iberville, Lower Canada

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Justine BERNIER was the child of Clement BERNIER and Marie-Louise-Constant FORTIN

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Children of Germain TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE and Justine BERNIER

Celina TALON dite LESPERANCE

Born: abt. 1834, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1880, Bonsecours, Québec, Canada

Married: Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT) 1 August 1854 Place: Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Germain "Jerry" TALON dit LESPERANCE

Born: 26 April 1847, Henryville, Canada East
Died: 4 November 1901, Stockton, Kansas, USA

Married: Caroline BEGNOCHE 26 December 1870

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Birth — 1802
27 June 1802
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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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 Marriage / Partner
Germain TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE and Henriette GAUDREAU 14 September 1830, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

He was 28 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Death of Spouse/Partner
Henriette GAUDREAU died 24 January 1831, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

1832 Marriage / Partner
Germain TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE and Justine BERNIER 28 February 1832, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

He was 29 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

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)

1847 Birth of Child
Germain "Jerry" TALON dit LESPERANCE was born 26 April 1847, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

Germain was 44 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Celina TALON dite LESPERANCE married 1 August 1854, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville) to Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT)

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.