Gervais LAMBERT dit CHAMPAGNE

Born

2 February 1810 , Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada

Died

6 June 1866 , Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

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Gervais LAMBERT Marie-Catherine LESIEUR

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Born: 2 February 1810 in Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada

Father: Gervais LAMBERT

Mother: Marie-Catherine LESIEUR

Paternal grandparents: Gervais LAMBERT , Madeleine LAMY

Maternal grandparents: Charles LESIEUR dit DESAULNIERS , Catherine LACERTE dite VACHER

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

Gervais married Aurelie FRECHETTE 9 January 1832 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Aurelie FRECHETTE was born 14 May 1812 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand). Aurelie was the child of Antoine FRECHETTE and Felicite CHAREST.

Gervais LAMBERT dit CHAMPAGNE died 6 June 1866 in Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA.

m. Frechette Aurelie

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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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Spouse & Children of Gervais LAMBERT dit CHAMPAGNE

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Gervais LAMBERT dit CHAMPAGNE married

Aurelie FRECHETTE
Marriage date: 9 January 1832
Marriage place: Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Aurelie FRECHETTE was the child of Antoine FRECHETTE and Felicite CHAREST

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Children of Gervais LAMBERT dit CHAMPAGNE and Aurelie FRECHETTE

Aurélia LAMBERT

Born: 21 October 1836, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Died: 28 February 1904, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

Married: Alexandre-Léandre BREAULT (BRAULT) 9 September 1859

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Birth — 1810
2 February 1810
Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

1832 Marriage / Partner
Gervais LAMBERT dit CHAMPAGNE and Aurelie FRECHETTE 9 January 1832, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

He was 21 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Aurélia LAMBERT was born 21 October 1836, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

Gervais was 26 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)