Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE

Born

12 May 1804 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

7 February 1898 , Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada

Parents & Family of Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE

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Born: 12 May 1804 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Parents of Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE

Father

Louis BREILLARD (BREARD) dit LAROCHE

Mother

Elisabeth NORMANDIN

Grandparents of Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE

Paternal grandparents

Louis BREILLARD (BREARD) dit LAROCHE Marie-Anne SURPRENANT

Maternal grandparents

Pierre NORMANDIN Marie-Angélique MONET

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

Jacob married Marie-Josephte DENAULT 28 July 1823 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte DENAULT was born 25 August 1804 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . Marie-Josephte was the child of Pierre DENAULT and Josephte GIROUX.

Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE died 7 February 1898 in Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE

Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE married

Marie-Josephte DENAULT
Marriage date: 28 July 1823
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte DENAULT was the child of Pierre DENAULT and Josephte GIROUX

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

Children of Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE and Marie-Josephte DENAULT

Albert-Norbert LAROCHE

Born: 24 April 1831, Lacolle, Lower Canada
Died: 10 February 1902, Lacolle, Québec, Canada

Married: Esther POISSANT 25 April 1864 Place: Lacolle, Canada East

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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 — 1804
12 May 1804
La Prairie, 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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE and Marie-Josephte DENAULT 28 July 1823, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 19 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

1831 Birth of Child
Albert-Norbert LAROCHE was born 24 April 1831, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Jacob was 26 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

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)

1864 Marriage of Child
Albert-Norbert LAROCHE married 25 April 1864, Lacolle, Canada East to Esther POISSANT

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.