Pierre FOISY dit LAFRENIERE

Born

7 October 1800 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Died

12 May 1866 , Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada

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Pierre FOISY dit LAFRENIÈRE Genevieve RACETTE

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Born: 7 October 1800 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre FOISY dit LAFRENIÈRE

Mother: Genevieve RACETTE

Paternal grandparents: Jacques FOISY dit LAFRENIÈRE , Madeleine VAILLANT

Maternal grandparents: Charles RACETTE , Felicite GINGRAS

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Pierre married Marcelline CHAPUT 5 February 1822 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marcelline CHAPUT was born 4 July 1806 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marcelline died 25 August 1885 in Allumet Island, Ontario, Canada. Marcelline was the child of Bonaventure CHAPUT and Marie Louise Judithe (Julie) LIPPE.

Pierre FOISY dit LAFRENIERE died 12 May 1866 in Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada.
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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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Spouse & Children of Pierre FOISY dit LAFRENIERE

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Pierre FOISY dit LAFRENIERE married

Marcelline CHAPUT
Marriage date: 5 February 1822
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Marcelline CHAPUT was the child of Bonaventure CHAPUT and Marie Louise Judithe (Julie) LIPPE

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Children of Pierre FOISY dit LAFRENIERE and Marcelline CHAPUT

Pierre FOISY

Born: 22 July 1823, Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada
Died: 18 November 1889, Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada

Married: Justine POIRIER 10 September 1844 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Victoria-Louise FOISY

Born: abt. 1833, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Emmanuel LARIVIERE 1847

Eugene-Urgele FOSIY

Born: 15 November 1836, L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Died: 30 December 1906, St Paul, Alberta, Canada

Married: Angele POIRIER 8 January 1855 Place: Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island)

Philomene FOISY

Born: 1 April 1848, Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada
Died: 23 June 1924, Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada

Married: Charles LARIVIERE 26 October 1870

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Birth — 1800
7 October 1800
L'Assomption, 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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Pierre FOISY dit LAFRENIERE and Marcelline CHAPUT 5 February 1822, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 21 years old.

1823 Birth of Child
Pierre FOISY was born 22 July 1823, Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada

Pierre was 22 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)

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

1836 Birth of Child
Eugene-Urgele FOSIY was born 15 November 1836, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre was 36 years old.

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Pierre FOISY married 10 September 1844, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Justine POIRIER

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Birth of Child
Philomene FOISY was born 1 April 1848, Allumette Island, Pontiac, Quebec, Canada

Pierre was 47 years old.

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.

1855 Marriage of Child
Eugene-Urgele FOSIY married 8 January 1855, Chapeau, L'Isle-aux-Allumettes, Pontiac, Québec, Canada (Allumette Island) to Angele POIRIER

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)