François Xavier CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ

(b. 2 January 1822 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 2 February 1893 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )

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François Xavier CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ was born 2 January 1822 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

François Xavier CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ was the child of Francois CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ and Euphronsine ROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace CLEMENT dit LABONTE and Marie-Anne COUTRE (maternal) Alexandre ROY and Marguerite DESPONTS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

François Xavier married Adelaide TREMBLAY 11 January 1847 in Saint-Valentin, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Adelaide TREMBLAY was born 31 March 1829 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Adelaide was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Emelie HAMELIN.

François Xavier CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ died 2 February 1893 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .
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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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Family and Children of François Xavier CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ

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François Xavier CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ married

Adelaide TREMBLAY-- Date: 11 January 1847 Place: Saint-Valentin, Canada East

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Adelaide TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Emelie HAMELIN

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Children of François Xavier CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ and Adelaide TREMBLAY:

Priscilla LABONTE (b.5 February 1862, Saint-Valentin, Canada East d. 25 April 1905, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Nazaire TALBOT 14 February 1881 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

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1822 Birth
2 January 1822
Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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 Marriage / Partner
François Xavier CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ and Adelaide TREMBLAY 11 January 1847, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

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

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Birth of Child
Priscilla LABONTE was born 5 February 1862, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

François Xavier was 40 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 Marriage of Child
Priscilla LABONTE married 14 February 1881, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Nazaire TALBOT

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented