Elmire EMARD dite POTVIN

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22 October 1832 , Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada

Died

23 August 1918 , Aumond, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Québec, Canada

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Louis EMARD dit POTVIN Angélique BARBEAU

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Born: 22 October 1832 in Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada

Father: Louis EMARD dit POTVIN

Mother: Angélique BARBEAU

Paternal grandparents: Pierre EMARD , Marie-Catherine PAYANT dite ST-ONGE

Maternal grandparents: René-Pascal BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ , Marie-Josephte LEMIEUX

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Elmire married Jean-Évangéliste ROY 22 September 1851 in St-Louis-de-Gonzague, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Évangéliste ROY was born abt. 1829 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Évangéliste died 16 June 1895 in Aumond, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Québec, Canada. Jean-Évangéliste was the child of Augustin ROY and Marie-Marguerite CARDINAL.

Elmire EMARD dite POTVIN died 23 August 1918 in Aumond, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, 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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Elmire EMARD dite POTVIN married

Jean-Évangéliste ROY
Marriage date: 22 September 1851
Marriage place: St-Louis-de-Gonzague, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada
Jean-Évangéliste ROY was the child of Augustin ROY and Marie-Marguerite CARDINAL

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Children of Jean-Évangéliste ROY and Elmire EMARD dite POTVIN

Cleophyre ROY

Born: 5 May 1865, Lac-Sainte-Marie, Canada East
Died: 1 May 1930, Maniwaki, Québec, Canada

Married: Antoine NADON 25 June 1883 Place: Maniwaki, Québec, Canada (River Desert) (L'Assomption-de-Maniwaki)

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Birth — 1832
22 October 1832
Sainte-Martine, Lower Canada

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)

1851 Marriage / Partner
Elmire EMARD dite POTVIN and Jean-Évangéliste ROY 22 September 1851, St-Louis-de-Gonzague, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

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)

1865 Birth of Child
Cleophyre ROY was born 5 May 1865, Lac-Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Hincks)

Elmire was 32 years old.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1883 Marriage of Child
Cleophyre ROY married 25 June 1883, Maniwaki, Québec, Canada (River Desert) (L'Assomption-de-Maniwaki) to Antoine NADON

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1895 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Évangéliste ROY died 16 June 1895, Aumond, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Québec, Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

Death — 1918
23 August 1918
Aumond, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 85.

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