Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

Born

4 February 1786 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

6 October 1861 , Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Canada East

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Joseph DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE Therese BOUCHER

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Born: 4 February 1786 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

Mother: Therese BOUCHER

Paternal grandparents: Pierre DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE , Marie-Geneviève CASAUBON

Maternal grandparents: François BOUCHER , Geneviève DELBEC dite JOLY

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Jean-Baptiste married Rosalie FUSEAU dite ROCH 17 April 1815 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rosalie FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 24 July 1794 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Rosalie died 11 May 1889 in Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada. Rosalie was the child of Antoine-Sulpice FUSEAU dit ROCH and Geneviève TELLIER.

Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE died 6 October 1861 in Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Canada East.
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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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Rosalie FUSEAU dite ROCH
Marriage date: 17 April 1815
Marriage place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Rosalie FUSEAU dite ROCH was the child of Antoine-Sulpice FUSEAU dit ROCH and Geneviève TELLIER

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Rose DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

Born: 16 July 1815, Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES 26 January 1836 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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Birth — 1786
4 February 1786
Berthierville, 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)

1815 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Rosalie FUSEAU dite ROCH 17 April 1815, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 29 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Rose DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE was born 16 July 1815, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 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)

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 Marriage of Child
Rose DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE married 26 January 1836, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

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.