Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

Born

25 May 1813 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Died

8 September 1874 , Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada

Felix married Marie-Emelia GOUIN 14 February 1832 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Emelia GOUIN was born 17 September 1811 in Verchères, Lower Canada . Marie-Emelia died 27 June 1869 in United States. Marie-Emelia was the child of Emmanuel GOUIN and Geneviève GAUDET .

Parents & Family of Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

Parents of Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

Father

Joseph-Jean LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

Mother

Marie-Anne ARSENAULT

Grandparents of Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

Paternal grandparents

François LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES Josephte HOUDE

Maternal grandparents

Pierre ARSENAULT Marie-Charlotte LEFEBVRE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES married

Marie-Emelia GOUIN
Marriage date: 14 February 1832
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Marie-Emelia GOUIN was the child of Emmanuel GOUIN and Geneviève GAUDET

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Emelia GOUIN

Felix ST GEORGE

Born: 21 August 1834, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Died: 19 March 1876, Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Philomene POTVIN 15 October 1854 Place: Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Felix's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1813
25 May 1813
Saint-Ours, 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
Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Emelia GOUIN 14 February 1832, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 18 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Felix ST GEORGE was born 21 August 1834, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Felix was 21 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)

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Felix ST GEORGE married 15 October 1854, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA to Philomene POTVIN

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.