David MORAND dit DOUVILLE

(b. 11 January 1798 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. 16 November 1878 , Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada )

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David MORAND dit DOUVILLE was born 11 January 1798 in La-Pérade, Lower Canada

David MORAND dit DOUVILLE was the child of François-Marie MORAND dit DOUVILLE and Marie-Anne VALLÉE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Xavier MORAND dit DOUVILLE and Marie-Josephte GERVAIS (maternal) Alexis VALLÉE and Marie-Anne RICARD

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

David married Madeleine AUDET dite BELLEHUMEUR 26 November 1822 in Grondines, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine AUDET dite BELLEHUMEUR was born 3 June 1802 in Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines). Madeleine was the child of Nicolas AUDET (NAUDET) dit BELHUMEUR and Marie-Madeleine CHARLAND.

David MORAND dit DOUVILLE died 16 November 1878 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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David MORAND dit DOUVILLE married

Madeleine AUDET dite BELLEHUMEUR-- Date: 26 November 1822 Place: Grondines, Lower Canada
Madeleine AUDET dite BELLEHUMEUR was the child of Nicolas AUDET (NAUDET) dit BELHUMEUR and Marie-Madeleine CHARLAND

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Children of David MORAND dit DOUVILLE and Madeleine AUDET dite BELLEHUMEUR:

David DOUVILLE (b.9 February 1826, Grondines, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Celanire GRANDBOIS 20 August 1850 in Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada

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1798 Birth
11 January 1798
La-Pérade, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
David MORAND dit DOUVILLE and Madeleine AUDET dite BELLEHUMEUR 26 November 1822, Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines)

He was 24 years old.

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 Birth of Child
David DOUVILLE was born 9 February 1826, Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines)

David was 28 years old.

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

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)

1850 Marriage of Child
David DOUVILLE married 20 August 1850, Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada to Celanire GRANDBOIS

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.