Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL

(b. 10 May 1835 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada d. 18 June 1915 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada )

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Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL was born 10 May 1835 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL was the child of Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL and Adelaide BELAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL and Marie-Judith-Julie GOULET (maternal) Joseph BELAND and Thérèse LAMARRE

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

Edouard married Julie BELAND 12 January 1858 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Julie BELAND was born 10 April 1840 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel). Julie was the child of Charles BELAND and Marie-Anne-Emerentienne CLEMENT dite L'ALLEMAND.

Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL died 18 June 1915 in Trois-Rivières, 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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Family and Children of Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL

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Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL married

Julie BELAND-- Date: 12 January 1858 Place: Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East
Julie BELAND was the child of Charles BELAND and Marie-Anne-Emerentienne CLEMENT dite L'ALLEMAND

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Children of Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL and Julie BELAND:

Augustin BEAUSOLEIL (b.abt. 1860, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marcelline BEAUSOLEIL (b.8 March 1862, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East d. , )

Adelaide BEAUSOLEIL (b.21 September 1863, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East d. , )

Marie BEAUSOLEIL (b.2 August 1865, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East d. , )

Joseph-Adelard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL (b.3 May 1867, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East d. , )

Angelina BEAUSOLEIL (b.13 April 1869, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada d. 13 June 1945, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA )
m. Hermanegilde TOUSSAINT 16 April 1888 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale)

Julie BEAUSOLEIL (b.8 July 1871, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada d. 26 August 1871, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada )

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1835 Birth
10 May 1835
Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL - Baptism

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL and Julie BELAND 12 January 1858, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

He was 22 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Birth of Child
Marcelline BEAUSOLEIL was born 8 March 1862, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

Edouard was 26 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Adelaide BEAUSOLEIL was born 21 September 1863, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

Edouard was 28 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Marie BEAUSOLEIL was born 2 August 1865, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

Edouard was 30 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 Birth of Child
Joseph-Adelard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL was born 3 May 1867, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

Edouard was 32 years old.

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.

1869 Birth of Child
Angelina BEAUSOLEIL was born 13 April 1869, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

Edouard was 33 years old.

1871 Birth of Child
Julie BEAUSOLEIL was born 8 July 1871, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

Edouard was 36 years old.

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)

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.

1888 Marriage of Child
Angelina BEAUSOLEIL married 16 April 1888, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale) to Hermanegilde TOUSSAINT

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

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)