Marie-Marguerite FREDERIC dite DESPARS

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15 June 1826 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Died

7 January 1873 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

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Born: 15 June 1826 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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Marie-Marguerite married François-Xavier BURQUE dit LALIBERTÉ 14 July 1862 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
François-Xavier BURQUE dit LALIBERTÉ was born 9 May 1827 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). François-Xavier died 17 July 1893 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). François-Xavier was the child of Laurent BURQUE dit LALIBERTÉ and Angélique PANNETON.

Marie-Marguerite FREDERIC dite DESPARS died 7 January 1873 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada .

daughter of Jean Felix Despars and Marguerite Biron

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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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Marie-Marguerite FREDERIC dite DESPARS married

François-Xavier BURQUE dit LALIBERTÉ
Marriage date: 14 July 1862
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

François-Xavier BURQUE dit LALIBERTÉ was the child of Laurent BURQUE dit LALIBERTÉ and Angélique PANNETON

Marriage notes:

14 Jul 1862 • St-Hyacinthe (Cathédrale), Québec

marriage of François Xavier Burque, furniture-maker in this parish, adult widdower of Justine Jacques, and of Marguerite Despart, also of this parish, adult daughter of Jean Despars & late Marguerite Biron

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Children of François-Xavier BURQUE dit LALIBERTÉ and Marie-Marguerite FREDERIC dite DESPARS

Marguerite BURQUE

Born: 19 May 1863, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East
Died: 22 May 1863, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

Joseph BURQUE

Born: abt. 1865, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East
Died: 8 April 1890, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Regina Grace BURQUE

Born: 29 October 1866, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East
Died: June 1939, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Adolphe-Arthur BURQUE

Born: 4 May 1869, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1826
15 June 1826
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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)

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

1862 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite FREDERIC dite DESPARS and François-Xavier BURQUE dit LALIBERTÉ 14 July 1862 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

She was 36 years old.

Marie-Marguerite FREDERIC dite DESPARS - 1862 marriage

1862 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1863 Birth of Child
Marguerite BURQUE was born 19 May 1863, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Marie-Marguerite was 36 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Birth of Child
Regina Grace BURQUE was born 29 October 1866, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Marie-Marguerite was 40 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1869 Birth of Child
Adolphe-Arthur BURQUE was born 4 May 1869, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Marie-Marguerite was 42 years old.

1870 - Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Margret Burke
Age in 1870: 44
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: Canada
Dwelling Number: 396
Home in 1870: Worcester Ward 4, Worcester, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Occupation: Keeping House
Father of Foreign Birth: Y
Mother of Foreign Birth: Y
Inferred Spouse: Xavier Burke
Inferred Children: Loris Burke
Joseph Burke
Riginos Burke
Arthur Burke
Household Members:
Name Age
Xavier Burke 44
Margret Burke 44
Loris Burke 13
Joseph Burke 6
Riginos Burke 4
Arthur Burke 11/ 12

1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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