François-Regis GERARD dit LAFLEUR

Born

13 August 1815 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

4 August 1890 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

François-Regis married Adelaide DUSSAULT 9 October 1838 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelaide DUSSAULT was born 19 May 1815 in Saint-Robert, Lower Canada. Adelaide died 8 March 1890 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada. Adelaide was the child of Jean Baptiste DUSSAULT and Marguerite GRENIER .

Parents & Family of François-Regis GERARD dit LAFLEUR

Parents of François-Regis GERARD dit LAFLEUR

Father

Amable GERARD dit LAFLEUR

Mother

Archange BADAILLAC

Grandparents of François-Regis GERARD dit LAFLEUR

Paternal grandparents

Gabriel GIRARD dit LAFLEUR Marie-Geneviève FORCIER

Maternal grandparents

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

m. 9 Oct 1838 • Sorel, Quebec, Canada

Marie Adelaide Dussault

Spouses, Marriages & Children of François-Regis GERARD dit LAFLEUR

François-Regis GERARD dit LAFLEUR married

Adelaide DUSSAULT
Marriage date: 9 October 1838
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Adelaide DUSSAULT was the child of Jean Baptiste DUSSAULT and Marguerite GRENIER

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

Children of François-Regis GERARD dit LAFLEUR and Adelaide DUSSAULT

Catherine LAFLEUR

Born: September 1854, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1934, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Alfred PELOQUIN 7 January 1874 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1815
13 August 1815
Yamaska, 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

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

1838 Marriage / Partner
François-Regis GERARD dit LAFLEUR and Adelaide DUSSAULT 9 October 1838, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 23 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

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)

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
Catherine LAFLEUR was born September 1854, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

François-Regis was 39 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

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.