Helene RENAUD (RAYNAUD) dite BLANCHARD

(b. 25 December 1820 , Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 17 January 1890 , Beloeil, Québec, Canada )

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Helene RENAUD (RAYNAUD) dite BLANCHARD was born 25 December 1820 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Helene RENAUD (RAYNAUD) dite BLANCHARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste RENAUD (RAYNAUD) and Charlotte PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles RENAUD (RAYNAUD) and Charlotte DUFRESNE (maternal) Paul PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN and Charlotte DANSEREAU

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Helene married Joseph DEGRE dit PRECOURT 17 November 1840 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . Joseph DEGRE dit PRECOURT was born 10 September 1816 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Joseph died 27 June 1896 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste DEGRE dit PRECOURT and Marie CYR.

Helene RENAUD (RAYNAUD) dite BLANCHARD died 17 January 1890 in Beloeil, Québec, 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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Helene RENAUD (RAYNAUD) dite BLANCHARD married

Joseph DEGRE dit PRECOURT-- Date: 17 November 1840 Place: Beloeil, Lower Canada
Joseph DEGRE dit PRECOURT was the child of Jean-Baptiste DEGRE dit PRECOURT and Marie CYR

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1820 Birth
25 December 1820
Beloeil, Lower Canada

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

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Helene RENAUD (RAYNAUD) dite BLANCHARD and Joseph DEGRE dit PRECOURT 17 November 1840, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

She was 19 years old.

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.

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.