Simon
WILLIAM dit THOMAS
(b.
13 February 1794
,
Boucherville, Lower Canada
d.
9 September 1857
,
Beloeil, Canada East
)
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Simon WILLIAM dit THOMAS was born 13 February 1794 in Boucherville, Lower Canada
Simon WILLIAM dit THOMAS was the child of François WILLIAM dit THOMAS (OUILEM) and Charlotte SEDINOT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph OUILEM dit THOMAS and Madeleine SEGUIN (maternal) Jean SEDINOT dit PRETABOIRE and Archange CHEVAUDIERSimon WILLIAM dit THOMAS died 9 September 1857 in Beloeil, Canada East .
m. Charltote Aubertin
m. Marguerite Vandendaigue dite Gadbois
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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1794 Birth 13 February 1794
Boucherville, Lower Canada
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 England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - 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)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1857 Death 9 September 1857
Beloeil, Canada East
He died at the age of 63.
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