Florentin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS

(b. 20 December 1790 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 June 1873 , Essex, Ontario, Canada )

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Florentin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS was born 20 December 1790 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Florentin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS was the child of Louis MESSIER dit ST-FRANCOIS and Marie-Anne BOUSQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Francois MESSIER dit ST-FRANCOIS and Catherine DESLANDES dite CHAMPIGNY (maternal) Ignace-Marie BOUSQUET and Marie-Louise VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS

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

Florentin married Marie-Louise PHANEUF 11 January 1813 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Louise PHANEUF was born 16 September 1794 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 17 July 1838 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Louise was the child of Mathias PHANEUF and Marie-Geneviève BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE.

Florentin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS died 30 June 1873 in Essex, Ontario, Canada.

m. Bechard Flavie
m. Phaneuf Marie

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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 Florentin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS

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Florentin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS married

Marie-Louise PHANEUF-- Date: 11 January 1813 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise PHANEUF was the child of Mathias PHANEUF and Marie-Geneviève BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE

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Children of Florentin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS and Marie-Louise PHANEUF:

Louis Marie MESSIER (b.6 October 1813, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 18 June 1898, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA)
m. Thecle DEMERS 9 October 1832 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Marie MESSIER (b.3 May 1826, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Leandre GRANGER 1 March 1859 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

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1790 Birth
20 December 1790
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1813 Marriage / Partner
Florentin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS and Marie-Louise PHANEUF 11 January 1813, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Louis Marie MESSIER was born 6 October 1813, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Florentin was 22 years old.

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Marie MESSIER was born 3 May 1826, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Florentin was 35 years old.

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

1832 Marriage of Child
Louis Marie MESSIER married 9 October 1832, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada to Thecle DEMERS

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise PHANEUF died 17 July 1838, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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.

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Marie MESSIER married 1 March 1859, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester) to Leandre GRANGER

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.