Joseph GOUIN dit CHAMPAGNE

(b. 2 June 1810 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. November 1854 , Sorel, Canada East )

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Joseph GOUIN dit CHAMPAGNE was born 2 June 1810 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Joseph GOUIN dit CHAMPAGNE was the child of Joseph GOUIN and Marie-Josephte PELLETIER dite ANTAYA and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine GOUIN and Marguerite HUS COURNOYER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Marie-Josèphe LAVALLÉE

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

Joseph married Dorothee ST-MARTIN 27 September 1831 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Dorothee ST-MARTIN was born 14 November 1811 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Dorothee died 29 April 1884 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Dorothee was the child of Antoine ST-MARTIN and Marie-Louise PELOQUIN.

Joseph GOUIN dit CHAMPAGNE died November 1854 in Sorel, 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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Family and Children of Joseph GOUIN dit CHAMPAGNE

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Joseph GOUIN dit CHAMPAGNE married

Dorothee ST-MARTIN-- Date: 27 September 1831 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Dorothee ST-MARTIN was the child of Antoine ST-MARTIN and Marie-Louise PELOQUIN

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Children of Joseph GOUIN dit CHAMPAGNE and Dorothee ST-MARTIN:

Denis GOUIN (b.17 September 1841, Sorel, Canada East d. 11 April 1908, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada )
m. Edwidge CAPLET (CAPLETTE) 29 August 1865 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1810 Birth
2 June 1810
Sorel, 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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GOUIN dit CHAMPAGNE and Dorothee ST-MARTIN 27 September 1831, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 21 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

1841 Birth of Child
Denis GOUIN was born 17 September 1841, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph was 31 years old.

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.