Jean-Baptiste CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR

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June 1816 , Deschaillons, Lower Canada

Died

6 December 1879 , Deschaillons, Québec, Canada

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Amable CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR Françoise DANIAU dite LAPRISE

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Born: June 1816 in Deschaillons, Lower Canada

Father: Amable CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR

Mother: Françoise DANIAU dite LAPRISE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Basile CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR , Elisabeth AUGER

Maternal grandparents: Joseph DANEAU (DANIAU) , Josephte NAULT

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Julie BAILEY 7 April 1845 in Deschaillons, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Julie BAILEY was born 3 February 1827 in Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons). Marie-Julie died 26 August 1890 in Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons). Marie-Julie was the child of John BAILEY and Marie-Julie MAILLOT (MAILHOT).

Jean-Baptiste CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR died 6 December 1879 in Deschaillons, Québec, 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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Jean-Baptiste CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR married

Marie-Julie BAILEY
Marriage date: 7 April 1845
Marriage place: Deschaillons, Canada East
Marie-Julie BAILEY was the child of John BAILEY and Marie-Julie MAILLOT (MAILHOT)

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Children of Jean-Baptiste CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Julie BAILEY

Joseph Jacques James CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR

Born: 24 June 1859, Deschaillons, Canada East
Died: 3 April 1947, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Marie Antoinette LEDUC 25 February 1884 Place: La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

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Birth — 1816
June 1816
Deschaillons, 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)

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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Julie BAILEY 7 April 1845, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

He was 28 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.

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
Joseph Jacques James CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR was born 24 June 1859, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 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.