Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES

Born

17 November 1822 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

12 March 1879 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES

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Born: 17 November 1822 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Parents of Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES

Father

Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES

Mother

Zoe LECAVELIER

Grandparents of Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES

Paternal grandparents

Pierre CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES Marie-Amable DESNOYERS dite LAJEUNESSE

Maternal grandparents

Toussaint-Robert CAVELIER (LECAVALIER) Catherine LEDUC

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

Antoine married Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT 24 April 1843 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT was born 6 June 1827 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . Elisabeth died 8 November 1904 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA . Elisabeth was the child of Pierre ARCHAMBAULT and Catherine LEBLANC.

Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES died 12 March 1879 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES

Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES married

Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT
Marriage date: 24 April 1843
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT was the child of Pierre ARCHAMBAULT and Catherine LEBLANC

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

Children of Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES and Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT

Arthur ST-JACQUES

Born: abt. 1845, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 30 October 1919, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Marie-Zoe-Christine ST-JACQUES

Born: abt. 1853, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Robert ST-JACQUES

Born: abt. 1856, , United States
Died: ,

Albertine ST-JACQUES

Born: 6 October 1859, Yamachiche, Canada East
Died: ,

Jacques ST-JACQUES

Born: abt. 1861, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1822
17 November 1822
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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 - 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 Marriage / Partner
Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES and Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT 24 April 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 20 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.

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

1859 Birth of Child
Albertine ST-JACQUES was born 6 October 1859, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Antoine was 36 years old.

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.