Julie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE

(b. 12 September 1811 , Beloeil, Lower Canada d. April 1897 , Beloeil, Québec, Canada )

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Julie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE was born 12 September 1811 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Julie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE was the child of Joseph FOURNIER dit PRÉFONTAINE and Angélique BEAUDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE and Angélique BRODEUR (maternal) Joseph-Louis BEAUDRY and Archange BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE

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

Julie married Abraham BERNARD dit BROUILLETTE 4 February 1828 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Abraham BERNARD dit BROUILLETTE was born 30 June 1806 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Abraham died 26 December 1872 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Abraham was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUILLETTE and Helene-Veronique BRUNEL.

Julie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE died April 1897 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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Julie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE married

Abraham BERNARD dit BROUILLETTE-- Date: 4 February 1828 Place: Beloeil, Lower Canada
Abraham BERNARD dit BROUILLETTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUILLETTE and Helene-Veronique BRUNEL

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Children of Abraham BERNARD dit BROUILLETTE and Julie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE:

Veronique BERNARD (b.25 January 1829, Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 11 May 1917, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Québec, Canada)
m. Norbert LAPORTE 26 October 1846 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Abraham BERNARD (b.abt. 1831, Beloeil, Lower Canada d. abt. 1899, Beloeil, Québec, Canada )

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1811 Birth
12 September 1811
Beloeil, 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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Julie FOURNIER dite PREFONTAINE and Abraham BERNARD dit BROUILLETTE 4 February 1828, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

She was 16 years old.

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

1829 Birth of Child
Veronique BERNARD was born 25 January 1829, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Julie was 17 years old.

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Veronique BERNARD married 26 October 1846, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Norbert LAPORTE

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.