Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL

(b. 5 June 1806 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada d. 11 June 1882 , Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada )

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Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL was born 5 June 1806 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL was the child of Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL and Marie-Judith-Julie GOULET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Simon SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL and Marguerite BAILLARGEON (maternal) Joseph GOULET and Marie-Josephe ROUTHIER

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

Augustin married Adelaide BELAND 22 January 1827 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Adelaide BELAND was born 13 April 1803 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Adelaide died 28 July 1844 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel). Adelaide was the child of Joseph BELAND and Thérèse LAMARRE.

Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL died 11 June 1882 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, 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 Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL

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Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL married

Adelaide BELAND-- Date: 22 January 1827 Place: Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Adelaide BELAND was the child of Joseph BELAND and Thérèse LAMARRE

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Children of Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL and Adelaide BELAND:

Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL (b.10 May 1835, Maskinongé, Lower Canada d. 18 June 1915, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada )
m. Julie BELAND 12 January 1858 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

Isidore SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL (b.10 May 1835, Maskinongé, Lower Canada d. 18 October 1899, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada )

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1806 Birth
5 June 1806
Sainte-Élisabeth, 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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Augustin SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL and Adelaide BELAND 22 January 1827, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

He was 20 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Birth of Child
Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL was born 10 May 1835, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Augustin was 28 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Isidore SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL was born 10 May 1835, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Augustin was 28 years old.

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)

1844 Death of Spouse/Partner
Adelaide BELAND died 28 July 1844, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

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 of Child
Edouard SYLVESTRE dit BEAUSOLEIL married 12 January 1858, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel) to Julie BELAND

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.