Joseph TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE

Born

7 April 1824 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

5 June 1896 , Upton, Québec, Canada

Joseph married Rose-Celima BLEAU 5 May 1846 in L'Assomption, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose-Celima BLEAU was born 22 October 1827 in Québec, Lower Canada . Rose-Celima died 28 October 1926 in Québec, Québec, Canada . Rose-Celima was the child of Joseph BLEAU and Therese MAGEAU .

Parents & Family of Joseph TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE

Parents of Joseph TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE

Father

Jean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE

Mother

Claire RACETTE

Grandparents of Joseph TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE Marie Helene AMIRAULT (MIREAULT)

Maternal grandparents

Augustin RACETTE Marie-Louise RIVET

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE

Joseph TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE married

Rose-Celima BLEAU
Marriage date: 5 May 1846
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Canada East
Rose-Celima BLEAU was the child of Joseph BLEAU and Therese MAGEAU

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

Children of Joseph TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE and Rose-Celima BLEAU

Eudocci TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE

Born: July 1853, Saint-Jacques, Canada East
Died: 11 October 1920, Upton, Québec, Canada

Married: Hector BOUCHER 1 October 1870 Place: Hinsdale, Massachusetts, USA

RESEARCH CONTEXT

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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Birth — 1824
7 April 1824
Québec Province, Canada

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

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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE and Rose-Celima BLEAU 5 May 1846, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 22 years old.

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

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

1853 Birth of Child
Eudocci TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE was born July 1853, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Joseph was 29 years old.

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.