Luce LEGRIS dite LÉPINE

(b. 1 January 1816 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. 28 August 1903 , Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada )

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Luce LEGRIS dite LÉPINE was born 1 January 1816 in La-Pérade, Lower Canada

Luce LEGRIS dite LÉPINE was the child of Jerome LEGRIS dit LÉPINE and Marie-Josephte GENDRON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis LEGRIS and Catherine FALARDEAU (maternal) François GENDRON and Marguerite BOULARD

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

Luce married François LAQUERRE 3 February 1835 in La-Pérade, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François LAQUERRE was born 22 February 1807 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). François was the child of Joseph-Pierre LAQUERRE and Marie-Josephte ROCHELEAU.

Luce LEGRIS dite LÉPINE died 28 August 1903 in Saint-Casimir, 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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Family and Children of Luce LEGRIS dite LÉPINE

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Luce LEGRIS dite LÉPINE married

François LAQUERRE-- Date: 3 February 1835 Place: La-Pérade, Lower Canada
François LAQUERRE was the child of Joseph-Pierre LAQUERRE and Marie-Josephte ROCHELEAU

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Children of François LAQUERRE and Luce LEGRIS dite LÉPINE:

Zelia LAQUERRE (b.14 January 1844, La-Pérade, Canada East d. , )
m. Pierre-Noe ST-GERMAIN dit FÈLCHE 21 October 1862 in Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada

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1816 Birth
1 January 1816
La-Pérade, 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)

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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Luce LEGRIS dite LÉPINE and François LAQUERRE 3 February 1835, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

She was 19 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

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

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
Zelia LAQUERRE was born 14 January 1844, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Luce was 28 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)

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

1862 Marriage of Child
Zelia LAQUERRE married 21 October 1862, Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada to Pierre-Noe ST-GERMAIN dit FÈLCHE

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.