Alexis DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

Born

12 September 1817 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Died

5 September 1895 , St-Félix de Valois, Joliette, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Alexis DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

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Born: 12 September 1817 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Parents of Alexis DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

Father

Pierre DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

Mother

Angelique-Desanges LAPORTE

Grandparents of Alexis DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

Paternal grandparents

Joseph DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE Therese BOUCHER

Maternal grandparents

Pierre-Sulpice LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES Marie-Felicite DELAUMAY (DELOME)

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

Alexis married Marguerite LÉPICIER 15 May 1837 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite LÉPICIER was born 2 October 1817 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada . Marguerite died 17 July 1892 in St-Félix de Valois, Joliette, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Alexis LÉPICIER and Marie-Louise CHRETIEN.

Alexis DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE died 5 September 1895 in St-Félix de Valois, Joliette, Québec, Canada.
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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Huissier

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Alexis DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

Alexis DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE married

Marguerite LÉPICIER
Marriage date: 15 May 1837
Marriage place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
Marguerite LÉPICIER was the child of Alexis LÉPICIER and Marie-Louise CHRETIEN

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

Children of Alexis DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marguerite LÉPICIER

Marie-Uranie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

Born: 19 June 1838, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
Died: 2 December 1927, Joliette, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis LIPPE 27 October 1856

Marie-Herminie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

Born: 18 June 1840, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-René LIPPE 13 October 1856

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Alexis'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 — 1817
12 September 1817
Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Marriage / Partner
Alexis DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marguerite LÉPICIER 15 May 1837, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

He was 19 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Marie-Uranie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE was born 19 June 1838, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Alexis was 20 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Birth of Child
Marie-Herminie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE was born 18 June 1840, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Alexis was 22 years old.

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.

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.