Zoe POUDRET dite LAVIGNE

(b. 15 June 1809 , Chambly, Lower Canada d. 6 March 1879 , Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Québec, Canada )

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Zoe POUDRET dite LAVIGNE was born 15 June 1809 in Chambly, Lower Canada

Zoe POUDRET dite LAVIGNE was the child of Pierre POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE and Charlotte BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste POUDRETTE and Marie-Anne DESROCHES (maternal) François-Simon BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Marie-Charlotte-Genevieve DEJORDY dite DESILETS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Zoe married François TRUDEAU 31 January 1826 in Chambly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
François TRUDEAU was born 2 October 1803 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe). François died 6 June 1874 in Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Québec, Canada. François was the child of Joseph TRUDEAU and Marie LEMAY dite DELORME.

Zoe POUDRET dite LAVIGNE died 6 March 1879 in Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Québec, Canada.

15 Jun 1809, Beloeil, Québec
Parents Pierre Poudret dit Lavigne and Charlotte Benoit dit livernois are mentioned as members of St. Joseph parish

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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 Zoe POUDRET dite LAVIGNE

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Zoe POUDRET dite LAVIGNE married

François TRUDEAU-- Date: 31 January 1826 Place: Chambly, Lower Canada
François TRUDEAU was the child of Joseph TRUDEAU and Marie LEMAY dite DELORME

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Children of François TRUDEAU and Zoe POUDRET dite LAVIGNE:

Lucie TRUDEAU (b.2 January 1827, Chambly, Lower Canada d. 2 July 1907, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Québec, Canada)

Francois-Adolphe TRUDEAU (b.4 September 1829, Chambly, Lower Canada d. 20 August 1921, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Québec, Canada)
m. Adeleine LOISELLE dite SINOT 7 August 1854 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Rémi-Avila TRUDEAU (b.23 July 1831, Chambly, Lower Canada d. 20 May 1904, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Québec, Canada)

Marie-Hermine TRUDEAU (b.10 June 1833, Chambly, Lower Canada d. 15 March 1927, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

Janvier TRUDEAU (b.1 January 1836, Longueuil, Lower Canada d. 1 September 1889, Farnham, Québec, Canada )

Philomene TRUDEAU (b.18 September 1838, Longueuil, Lower Canada d. 20 October 1871, Beloeil, Québec, Canada )

Alexis TRUDEAU (b.23 February 1841, Longueuil, Canada East d. 21 December 1910, St Paul, Minnesota, USA)

Louise Caroline TRUDEAU (b.13 February 1844, Longueuil, Canada East d. 30 October 1908, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA )

Cordelie TRUDEAU (b.23 May 1846, Longueuil, Canada East d. 4 June 1913, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA )

Joseph TRUDEAU (b.18 November 1848, Chambly, Canada East d. 9 November 1903, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA )

Louis-Aimé TRUDEAU (b.14 January 1852, Chambly, Canada East d. 23 February 1941, Windsor, Québec, Canada )

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1809 Birth
15 June 1809
Chambly, 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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Zoe POUDRET dite LAVIGNE and François TRUDEAU 31 January 1826, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

She was 16 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Lucie TRUDEAU was born 2 January 1827, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Zoe was 17 years old.

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

1829 Birth of Child
Francois-Adolphe TRUDEAU was born 4 September 1829, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Zoe was 20 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Rémi-Avila TRUDEAU was born 23 July 1831, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Zoe was 22 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Marie-Hermine TRUDEAU was born 10 June 1833, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Zoe was 24 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Janvier TRUDEAU was born 1 January 1836, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Zoe was 26 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

1838 Birth of Child
Philomene TRUDEAU was born 18 September 1838, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Zoe was 29 years old.

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

1841 Birth of Child
Alexis TRUDEAU was born 23 February 1841, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Zoe was 31 years old.

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
Louise Caroline TRUDEAU was born 13 February 1844, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Zoe was 34 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Cordelie TRUDEAU was born 23 May 1846, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Zoe was 36 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Joseph TRUDEAU was born 18 November 1848, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Zoe was 39 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Louis-Aimé TRUDEAU was born 14 January 1852, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Zoe was 42 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage of Child
Francois-Adolphe TRUDEAU married 7 August 1854, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Adeleine LOISELLE dite SINOT

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.