François WILLIAM dit THOMAS (OUILEM)

(b. 29 August 1749 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 29 July 1827 , Boucherville, Lower Canada )

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François WILLIAM dit THOMAS (OUILEM) was born 29 August 1749 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

François WILLIAM dit THOMAS (OUILEM) was the child of Joseph OUILEM dit THOMAS and Madeleine SEGUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph THOMAS OUILEM and Angélique VERONNEAU (maternal) Simon SÉGUIN and Madeleine Deborah COLE

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François married Charlotte SEDINOT 23 July 1792 in Boucherville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Charlotte SEDINOT was born 29 January 1773 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Charlotte died 2 March 1847 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Charlotte was the child of Jean SEDINOT dit PRETABOIRE and Archange CHEVAUDIER.

François WILLIAM dit THOMAS (OUILEM) died 29 July 1827 in Boucherville, Lower Canada .
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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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Family and Children of François WILLIAM dit THOMAS (OUILEM)

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François WILLIAM dit THOMAS (OUILEM) married

Charlotte SEDINOT-- Date: 23 July 1792 Place: Boucherville, Lower Canada
Charlotte SEDINOT was the child of Jean SEDINOT dit PRETABOIRE and Archange CHEVAUDIER

Children of François WILLIAM dit THOMAS (OUILEM) and Charlotte SEDINOT:

Simon WILLIAM dit THOMAS (b.13 February 1794, Boucherville, Lower Canada d. 9 September 1857, Beloeil, Canada East )

Henriette THOMAS dite WILLIAM (b.abt. 1809, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste FAVREAU 27 October 1829 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Louis WILLIAM (b.abt. 1810, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1749 Birth
29 August 1749
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Marriage / Partner
François WILLIAM dit THOMAS (OUILEM) and Charlotte SEDINOT 23 July 1792, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 42 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Birth of Child
Simon WILLIAM dit THOMAS was born 13 February 1794, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

François was 44 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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)