Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE

Born

2 April 1823 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

Died

20 September 1905 , Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE Marguerite BOUCHER

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Born: 2 April 1823 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE

Mother: Marguerite BOUCHER

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE , Angélique PAQUET

Maternal grandparents: Augustin-Christophe BOUCHER , Marguerite MARION

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Jean-Baptiste married Esther DUBOIS 12 January 1847 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Esther DUBOIS was born 28 October 1819 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Esther died 21 January 1898 in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada . Esther was the child of Jean DUBOIS and Marie-Geneviève AUBIN.

Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE died 20 September 1905 in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Quebec, Canada .
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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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Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE married

Esther DUBOIS
Marriage date: 12 January 1847
Marriage place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada East
Esther DUBOIS was the child of Jean DUBOIS and Marie-Geneviève AUBIN

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Children of Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE and Esther DUBOIS

Caroline ST-HILAIRE

Born: 29 November 1847, Saint-GIlles, Quebec, Canada
Died: 13 February 1886, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Married: Laurent BLOUIN 18 October 1864 Place: Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1823
2 April 1823
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, 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)

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

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)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE and Esther DUBOIS 12 January 1847, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1847 Birth of Child
Caroline ST-HILAIRE was born 29 November 1847, Saint-GIlles, Quebec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 24 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Marriage of Child
Caroline ST-HILAIRE married 18 October 1864, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Québec, Canada to Laurent BLOUIN

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.