Died: 25 April 1905, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
François Xavier CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of François Xavier CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ
Marriage date: 11 January 1847
Marriage place: Saint-Valentin, Canada East
Adelaide TREMBLAY was the child of Joseph TREMBLAY and Emelie HAMELIN
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of François Xavier CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ and Adelaide TREMBLAY
Died: 25 April 1905, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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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2 January 1822
Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
François Xavier CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ and Adelaide TREMBLAY 11 January 1847, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada
He was 25 years old.
1862 Birth of ChildPriscilla LABONTE was born 5 February 1862, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada
François Xavier was 40 years old.
Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
Priscilla LABONTE married 14 February 1881, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA to Nazaire TALBOT
The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
2 February 1893
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 71.
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