Jean-Baptiste GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN

Born

9 June 1798 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

9 March 1857 , Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Canada East

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Jacques GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN Marie-Mery BONNIER dite LAPLANTE

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Born: 9 June 1798 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Jacques GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN

Mother: Marie-Mery BONNIER dite LAPLANTE

Paternal grandparents: Jacques GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN , Madeleine PAPILLON

Maternal grandparents: Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE , Marie-Ursule PLOUFFE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie MORIN 19 November 1821 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie MORIN was born abt. 1800 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie was the child of Jean-Baptiste MORIN and Marie-Josephte AUDET dite LAPOINTE.

Jean-Baptiste GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN died 9 March 1857 in Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, Canada East .
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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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Jean-Baptiste GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN married

Marie MORIN
Marriage date: 19 November 1821
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Marie MORIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste MORIN and Marie-Josephte AUDET dite LAPOINTE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie MORIN

Francois GAZAILLE dit ST GERMAIN

Born: 13 August 1826, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 11 October 1907, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marie CROISETIERE

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Birth — 1798
9 June 1798
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie MORIN 19 November 1821, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 23 years old.

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Francois GAZAILLE dit ST GERMAIN was born 13 August 1826, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.