Sophie ROCH dite FUSEAU

Born

7 September 1809 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

Died

19 August 1901 , St-Didace, Quebec, Canada

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Francois FUSEAU dit ROCH Archange GERVAIS

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Born: 7 September 1809 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Father: Francois FUSEAU dit ROCH

Mother: Archange GERVAIS

Paternal grandparents: François-D'assises FUSEAU dit ROCH , Marie-Judith TELLIER

Maternal grandparents: Pierre GERVAIS , Archange BOUCHER

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

Sophie married Leandre BERGERON 19 June 1832 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Leandre BERGERON was born 22 April 1810 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Leandre died 26 May 1895 in St-Didace, Quebec, Canada. Leandre was the child of Joseph BERGERON and Marie-Anne TROTTIER.

Sophie ROCH dite FUSEAU died 19 August 1901 in St-Didace, Quebec, Canada.

m. Bergeron Leandre

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WORK & OCCUPATION

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Recorded occupation: Ménagère

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 Sophie ROCH dite FUSEAU

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Sophie ROCH dite FUSEAU married

Leandre BERGERON
Marriage date: 19 June 1832
Marriage place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Leandre BERGERON was the child of Joseph BERGERON and Marie-Anne TROTTIER

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Children of Leandre BERGERON and Sophie ROCH dite FUSEAU

Leandre BERGERON

Born: 18 December 1832, Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Rosalie GERMAIN 7 February 1855

Joseph BERGERON

Born: 14 August 1834, Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died: 26 June 1919, St-Charles de Mandeville, Canada

Celanire BERGERON

Born: 2 October 1839, Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died: 26 January 1871, St Didace, Quebec, Canada

Hermine BERGERON

Born: 4 April 1841, Berthierville, Canada East
Died: 6 July 1922, St-Didace, Quebec, Canada

Alfred BERGERON

Born: 27 May 1842, Berthierville, Canada East
Died: 7 April 1915, St-Charles de Mandeville, Berthier, Québec, Canada

Simeon BERGERON

Born: 24 December 1847, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East
Died: 12 November 1931, St-Charles de Mandeville, Berthier, Québec, Canada

Edmond BERGERON

Born: abt. 1852, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 1 December 1948, St-Charles-de-Mandeville, Quebec, Canada

Eugenie BERGERON

Born: 7 September 1853, St-Didace de Maskinongé, Canada East
Died: 27 April 1927, Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada

Gedeon BERGERON

Born: abt. 1858, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1809
7 September 1809
Berthierville, Lower Canada

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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Sophie ROCH dite FUSEAU and Leandre BERGERON 19 June 1832, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 22 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Leandre BERGERON was born 18 December 1832, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Sophie was 23 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Joseph BERGERON was born 14 August 1834, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Sophie was 24 years old.

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)

1839 Birth of Child
Celanire BERGERON was born 2 October 1839, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Sophie was 30 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Hermine BERGERON was born 4 April 1841, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Sophie was 31 years old.

1842 Birth of Child
Alfred BERGERON was born 27 May 1842, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Sophie was 32 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Simeon BERGERON was born 24 December 1847, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

Sophie was 38 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Eugenie BERGERON was born 7 September 1853, St-Didace de Maskinongé, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 44 years old.

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)

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.