Jean-Baptiste GERARD dit LAFLEUR

Born

5 November 1812 , Sorel, Lower Canada

Died

4 May 1882 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste married Catherine HUS PAUL 3 November 1835 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Catherine HUS PAUL was born 19 December 1817 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Catherine died 15 September 1897 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Catherine was the child of Joseph PAUL HUS and Marie-Josephe POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ .

Parents & Family of Jean-Baptiste GERARD dit LAFLEUR

Parents of Jean-Baptiste GERARD dit LAFLEUR

Father

Amable GERARD dit LAFLEUR

Mother

Archange BADAILLAC

Grandparents of Jean-Baptiste GERARD dit LAFLEUR

Paternal grandparents

Gabriel GIRARD dit LAFLEUR Marie-Geneviève FORCIER

Maternal grandparents

Pierre-Joseph BADAILLAC dit LAPLANTE (BADAYAC) Marie-Anne ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste GERARD dit LAFLEUR

Jean-Baptiste GERARD dit LAFLEUR married

Catherine HUS PAUL
Marriage date: 3 November 1835
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Catherine HUS PAUL was the child of Joseph PAUL HUS and Marie-Josephe POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ

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

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Jean-Baptiste GERARD dit LAFLEUR and Catherine HUS PAUL

Jean-Baptiste LAFLEUR

Born: 12 October 1836, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 23 September 1837, Sorel, Lower Canada

Catherine LAFLEUR

Born: 6 September 1838, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Felix LAFLEUR

Born: 19 October 1840, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: , , Connecticut, USA

Joseph LAFLEUR

Born: 16 October 1842, Sorel, Canada East
Died: abt. 1842, Sorel, Canada East

Emerance LAFLEUR

Born: 4 October 1846, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Pierre LAFLEUR

Born: 28 November 1848, Sorel, Canada East
Died: abt. 1861,

Jean Baptiste LAFLEUR

Born: 19 December 1850, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 2 July 1926, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA

Marie LAFLEUR

Born: 27 April 1853, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 1 June 1855, Sorel, Canada East

Edouard LAFLEUR

Born: 23 June 1855, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 23 June 1855, Sorel, Canada East

Marie LAFLEUR

Born: 16 September 1856, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Adele-Melina LAFLEUR

Born: 6 September 1858, Sorel, Canada East
Died: ,

Paul LAFLEUR

Born: 13 November 1862, Saint-Robert, Canada East
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Jean-Baptiste'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 — 1812
5 November 1812
Sorel, Lower Canada

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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GERARD dit LAFLEUR and Catherine HUS PAUL 3 November 1835, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 23 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LAFLEUR was born 12 October 1836, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1837 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste LAFLEUR died 23 September 1837, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 24 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Catherine LAFLEUR was born 6 September 1838, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 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

1840 Birth of Child
Felix LAFLEUR was born 19 October 1840, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Joseph LAFLEUR was born 16 October 1842, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Emerance LAFLEUR was born 4 October 1846, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Pierre LAFLEUR was born 28 November 1848, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste LAFLEUR was born 19 December 1850, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

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

1853 Birth of Child
Marie LAFLEUR was born 27 April 1853, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 40 years old.

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

1855 Death of Child
Marie LAFLEUR died 1 June 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 42 years old.

1855 Birth of Child
Edouard LAFLEUR was born 23 June 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 42 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Marie LAFLEUR was born 16 September 1856, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 years old.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Adele-Melina LAFLEUR was born 6 September 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 45 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Paul LAFLEUR was born 13 November 1862, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 50 years old.

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.