Jean Baptiste SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE

Born

20 May 1811 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Died

14 July 1883 , Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

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Joseph-Marie SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE Hippolyte-Apolline BRISEBOIS

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Born: 20 May 1811 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Marie SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE

Mother: Hippolyte-Apolline BRISEBOIS

Paternal grandparents: Charles-Marie SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE , Amable-Francoise ROBILLARD

Maternal grandparents: Joseph BRISEBOIS dit DUBOIS , Marie-Angelique PLOUFFE

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Jean Baptiste married Charlotte BEAUDOIN 16 July 1834 in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan Territory . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Charlotte BEAUDOIN was born abt. 1816 in Michigan, USA. Charlotte died 12 March 1883 in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA.

Jean Baptiste SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE died 14 July 1883 in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA.
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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 SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE married

Charlotte BEAUDOIN
Marriage date: 16 July 1834
Marriage place: Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan Territory

Children of Jean Baptiste SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE and Charlotte BEAUDOIN

David SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE

Born: March 1837, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA
Died: , Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

Married: Cecelia BOLEN

Harriet SAUVÉ DITE LAPLANTE

Born: abt. 1840, , Michigan, USA
Died: 2 July 1903, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

Henry SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE

Born: abt. 1841, , Michigan, USA
Died: ,

Pauline SAUVÉ DITE LAPLANTE

Born: 9 December 1849, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA
Died: 13 May 1910, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

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Birth — 1811
20 May 1811
Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, 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)

1834 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE and Charlotte BEAUDOIN 16 July 1834, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

He was 23 years old.

1837 Birth of Child
David SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE was born March 1837, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

Jean Baptiste was 25 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)

1849 Birth of Child
Pauline SAUVÉ DITE LAPLANTE was born 9 December 1849, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA

Jean Baptiste was 38 years old.

1850 - Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
Name: Baptiste Sova
[Baptiste Suave]
Age: 38
Birth Year: abt 1812
Birthplace: Canada
Home in 1850: Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 124
Household Members:
Name Age
Baptiste Sova 38
Charlotte Sova 34
David Sova 12
Harriet Sova 10
Henry Sova 9
Paulina Sova 0

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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)

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

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

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)