Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE

(b. 31 January 1806 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. 30 October 1890 , St-Sévère, Quebec, Canada )

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Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE was born 31 January 1806 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE was the child of François DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE and Françoise TOUSIGNANT dite LAPOINTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LABRECHE dit DÉZIEL and Marie-Anne LAMPRON dite LACHARITÉ (maternal) Louis TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Louise BERGERON

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

Luc married Esther MATTEAU 23 February 1829 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Esther MATTEAU was born 6 December 1805 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Esther died 12 August 1854 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Esther was the child of Jean-Baptiste MATTEAU and Elisabeth HEBERT.

Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE died 30 October 1890 in St-Sévère, 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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Family and Children of Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE

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Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE married

Esther MATTEAU-- Date: 23 February 1829 Place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Esther MATTEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste MATTEAU and Elisabeth HEBERT

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Children of Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE and Esther MATTEAU:

Olive DEZIEL dite LABRECH (b.abt. 1849, Yamachiche, Canada East d. 9 October 1875, St-Élie, Québec, Canada)
m. Jean BELLEMARE 10 October 1865

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1806 Birth
31 January 1806
Yamachiche, 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

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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Luc DÉZIEL dit LABRECHE and Esther MATTEAU 23 February 1829, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 23 years old.

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)

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.

1854 Death of Spouse/Partner
Esther MATTEAU died 12 August 1854, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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.