Abraham Amable STERN dit WELLS

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25 May 1807 , Mascouche, Lower Canada

Died

5 June 1878 , Colchester, Vermont, USA

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Born: 25 May 1807 in Mascouche, Lower Canada

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Abraham Amable married Geneviève VALOIS 15 October 1827 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Geneviève VALOIS was born 21 December 1802 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Geneviève died 27 November 1878 in Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay). Geneviève was the child of Jacques VALOIS and Marguerite BOUCHER.

Abraham Amable STERN dit WELLS died 5 June 1878 in Colchester, Vermont, USA .

son of Johann Stern dit Wells and Marguerite Grenon

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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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Spouse & Children of Abraham Amable STERN dit WELLS

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Abraham Amable STERN dit WELLS married

Geneviève VALOIS
Marriage date: 15 October 1827
Marriage place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Geneviève VALOIS was the child of Jacques VALOIS and Marguerite BOUCHER

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Children of Abraham Amable STERN dit WELLS and Geneviève VALOIS

Abraham (Amable Henry) WELLS (STERN dit NOEL)

Born: 17 June 1832, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 31 July 1904, Colchester, Vermont, USA

Married: Cordelia (Delia) (Leocadie) BELETTE HARPER (HARPIN) (HERPIN) 1856

Isaac (Arthur) WELLS

Born: 6 April 1833, Alburgh, Vermont, USA
Died: 26 March 1911, Milton, Vermont, USA

Married: Catherine TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) 24 February 1868 Place: Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

Rosa (Rosella) Stern WELLS

Born: August 1844, Chazy, New York, USA
Died: 7 January 1908 , Georgia, Vermont, USA

Married: Peter TETR(E)AULT (ROWE) 24 February 1868 Place: Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay)

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Birth — 1807
25 May 1807
Mascouche, 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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Abraham Amable STERN dit WELLS and Geneviève VALOIS 15 October 1827, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 20 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1832 Birth of Child
Abraham (Amable Henry) WELLS (STERN dit NOEL) was born 17 June 1832, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Abraham Amable was 25 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Isaac (Arthur) WELLS was born 6 April 1833, Alburgh, Vermont, USA (Alburg) (East, South, Center) (Alburg Springs)

Abraham Amable 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Rosa (Rosella) Stern WELLS was born August 1844, Chazy, New York, USA (Sciota)

Abraham Amable was 37 years old.

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)

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.

1868 Marriage of Child
Isaac (Arthur) WELLS married 24 February 1868 , Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay) to Catherine TETR(E)AULT (ROWE)

1868 Marriage of Child
Rosa (Rosella) Stern WELLS married 24 February 1868, Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay) to Peter TETR(E)AULT (ROWE)

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