Marguerite GAUTHIER dite DELISLE

Born

3 July 1790 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

10 January 1876 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste LEFORT 15 October 1822 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste LEFORT was born 15 September 1795 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Jean-Baptiste died 12 January 1882 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Louis LEFORT and Theotiste VIGNOLA .

Parents & Family of Marguerite GAUTHIER dite DELISLE

Parents of Marguerite GAUTHIER dite DELISLE

Father

Michel GAUTHIER dit DELISLE

Mother

Catherine HUS COURNOYER

Grandparents of Marguerite GAUTHIER dite DELISLE

Paternal grandparents

Michel GAUTHIER dit DELISLE Marie-Anne LAVALLÉE

Maternal grandparents

Thomas-Ignace HUS COURNOYER Brigitte-Agathe HUS MILET (MILLET)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite GAUTHIER dite DELISLE

Marguerite GAUTHIER dite DELISLE married

Jean-Baptiste LEFORT
Marriage date: 15 October 1822
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste LEFORT was the child of Louis LEFORT and Theotiste VIGNOLA

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

Children of Jean-Baptiste LEFORT and Marguerite GAUTHIER dite DELISLE

Justine (Christine) LEFORT

Born: 18 November 1825, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 5 December 1903, St-Joseph, Sorel, Quebec, Canada

Married: Felix CAPLET 7 November 1848 Place: Sorel, Canada East

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Marguerite's Québec records.

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 — 1790
3 July 1790
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite GAUTHIER dite DELISLE and Jean-Baptiste LEFORT 15 October 1822, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 32 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Birth of Child
Justine (Christine) LEFORT was born 18 November 1825, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marguerite was 35 years old.

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

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)

1848 Marriage of Child
Justine (Christine) LEFORT married 7 November 1848, Sorel, Canada East to Felix CAPLET

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 - 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.