Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE

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10 November 1819 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Died

5 January 1861 , Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East

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Father: Pierre DUBORD dit LAFONTAINEMother: Angélique ROUSSEAU View parent relationships

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Born: 10 November 1819 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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Father

Pierre DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE

Mother

Angélique ROUSSEAU

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Pierre DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE Catherine BERARD dite LEPINE

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Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU Antoinette FAUCHER

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Sophie married Jean-Baptiste DESORCY 21 August 1838 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste DESORCY was born 10 April 1816 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 6 July 1898 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESORCY and Therese SYLVESTRE.

Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE died 5 January 1861 in Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East.
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Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE married

Jean-Baptiste DESORCY
Marriage date: 21 August 1838
Marriage place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste DESORCY was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESORCY and Therese SYLVESTRE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste DESORCY and Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE

Marie Mathilde DESORCY

Born: 14 March 1842, Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East
Died: 8 June 1916, Burrillville, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Louis HENAULT 7 February 1860 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1819
10 November 1819
Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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

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 Marriage / Partner
Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE and Jean-Baptiste DESORCY 21 August 1838, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

She was 18 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

1842 Birth of Child
Marie Mathilde DESORCY was born 14 March 1842, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Sophie was 22 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)

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