Edwidge LEGROS dite ST-PIERRE

(b. abt. 1832 , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 January 1907 , Adamsville, Bromont, Quebec, Canada )

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Edwidge LEGROS dite ST-PIERRE was born abt. 1832 in Québec Province, Canada

Edwidge LEGROS dite ST-PIERRE was the child of Joseph LEGROS dit ST-PIERRE and Françoise CHOQUETTE dite DENIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GROS dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Therese GUILLET (maternal) Denis CHOQUET and Marie-Louise GAUTHIER

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

Edwidge married Thomas BOISVERT 28 May 1849 in Bonsecours, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thomas BOISVERT was born abt. 1806 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Thomas died 7 November 1892 in Adamsville (St-Vincent-Ferrier), Québec,Canada. Thomas was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT and Marguerite JANELLE.

Edwidge LEGROS dite ST-PIERRE died 9 January 1907 in Adamsville, Bromont, Quebec, 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 Edwidge LEGROS dite ST-PIERRE

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Edwidge LEGROS dite ST-PIERRE married

Thomas BOISVERT-- Date: 28 May 1849 Place: Bonsecours, Canada East
Thomas BOISVERT was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOISVERT and Marguerite JANELLE

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Children of Thomas BOISVERT and Edwidge LEGROS dite ST-PIERRE:

Lucie BOISVERT (b.20 March 1850, Bonsecours, Canada East d. 27 May 1928, Adamsville, Quebec, Canada)
m. Henri PLANTIER 11 August 1867 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
m. Pierre LACASSE 11 August 1884 in Farnham, Québec, Canada (Saint-Romuald-de-Farnham)

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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)

1849 Marriage / Partner
Edwidge LEGROS dite ST-PIERRE and Thomas BOISVERT 28 May 1849, Bonsecours, Québec, Canada (Stukely-Nord) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours-de-Stukely)

1850 Birth of Child
Lucie BOISVERT was born 20 March 1850, Bonsecours, Québec, Canada (Stukely-Nord) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours-de-Stukely)

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.

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

1867 Marriage of Child
Lucie BOISVERT married 11 August 1867, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA to Henri PLANTIER

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)

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

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

1884 Marriage of Child
Lucie BOISVERT married 11 August 1884, Farnham, Québec, Canada (Saint-Romuald-de-Farnham) to Pierre LACASSE

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Thomas BOISVERT died 7 November 1892, Adamsville (St-Vincent-Ferrier), Québec,Canada

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

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of 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 Death
9 January 1907
Adamsville, Bromont, Quebec, Canada

Added: 4/27/2020 3:17:47 PM - Updated: 4/27/2020 3:18:52 PM