Alexis-Methode BERARD dit LÉPINE

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8 September 1804 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Died

12 October 1854 , Saint-Barthélemy, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste BERARD dit LÉPINE Genevieve LAFERRIERE

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Born: 8 September 1804 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste BERARD dit LÉPINE

Mother: Genevieve LAFERRIERE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BERARD dit LEPINE , Marguerite DESHAIES

Maternal grandparents: Andre AURE dit LAFERRIERE , Geneviève LAVENTURE dite MADRAN

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Alexis-Methode married Marie-Geneviève SYLVESTRE 12 May 1828 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève SYLVESTRE was born 14 March 1807 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève died 29 January 1880 in Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève was the child of François SYLVESTRE and Felicite LEBEAU.

Alexis-Methode BERARD dit LÉPINE died 12 October 1854 in Saint-Barthélemy, Canada East.
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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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Alexis-Methode BERARD dit LÉPINE married

Marie-Geneviève SYLVESTRE
Marriage date: 12 May 1828
Marriage place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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Marie-Geneviève SYLVESTRE was the child of François SYLVESTRE and Felicite LEBEAU

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Children of Alexis-Methode BERARD dit LÉPINE and Marie-Geneviève SYLVESTRE

Norbert BERARD

Born: 4 May 1835, Saint-Nazaire, Lac-Saint-Jean, Lower Canada
Died: 11 March 1922, Saint-Nazaire, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne VADNAIS 13 August 1861 Place: Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

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Birth — 1804
8 September 1804
Saint-Cuthbert, 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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Alexis-Methode BERARD dit LÉPINE and Marie-Geneviève SYLVESTRE 12 May 1828, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1835 Birth of Child
Norbert BERARD was born 4 May 1835, Saint-Nazaire, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Alexis-Methode was 30 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.