Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE

Born

30 August 1795 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Died

18 February 1852 , Henryville, Canada East

Parents & Family of Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE

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Born: 30 August 1795 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Parents of Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE

Father

Jacques DUGAS dit LABRECHE

Mother

Catherine LAVENTURE

Grandparents of Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE

Paternal grandparents

Pierre DUGAS dit LABRECHE Marie-Catherine BARBEAU

Maternal grandparents

François LAVENTURE Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

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

Julie married Thomas GIRARD 20 January 1818 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thomas GIRARD was born 17 October 1778 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . Thomas died 27 June 1858 in Saint-Valentin, Canada East. Thomas was the child of Pierre-Louis GIRARD and Emerentienne BOUCHARD.

Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE died 18 February 1852 in Henryville, Canada East .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE

Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE married

Thomas GIRARD
Marriage date: 20 January 1818
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Thomas GIRARD was the child of Pierre-Louis GIRARD and Emerentienne BOUCHARD

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Thomas GIRARD and Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE

Marie Florence GIRARD

Born: 17 August 1827, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 31 March 1909, Highgate, Vermont, USA

Married: Antoine FILION 28 October 1850

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1795
30 August 1795
Maskinongé, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 Marriage / Partner
Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE and Thomas GIRARD 20 January 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 22 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie Florence GIRARD was born 17 August 1827, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Julie was 31 years old.

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

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)