Edouard ELIE dit BRETON

(b. 12 April 1821 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada d. 8 November 1885 , Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada )

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Edouard ELIE dit BRETON was born 12 April 1821 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Edouard ELIE dit BRETON was the child of Pierre ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Louise BEAUDOIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Madeleine PLANTE (maternal) Jean-François BEAUDOIN and Suzanne HALAY

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Edouard married Olive LAFLAMME dite QUEMENEUR 10 May 1845 in Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Olive LAFLAMME dite QUEMENEUR was born 15 March 1825 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Olive died 8 February 1871 in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Olive was the child of Prisque QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Marie-Catherine FOURNIER.

Edouard ELIE dit BRETON died 8 November 1885 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, 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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Edouard ELIE dit BRETON married

Olive LAFLAMME dite QUEMENEUR-- Date: 10 May 1845 Place: Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Québec, Canada
Olive LAFLAMME dite QUEMENEUR was the child of Prisque QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME and Marie-Catherine FOURNIER

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Children of Edouard ELIE dit BRETON and Olive LAFLAMME dite QUEMENEUR:

Virginie ELIE dite BRETON (b.28 April 1860, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Canada East d. , )
m. Joseph FLUET 18 February 1884

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1821 Birth
12 April 1821
Saint-Henri, 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 - 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
Edouard ELIE dit BRETON and Olive LAFLAMME dite QUEMENEUR 10 May 1845, Saint-Anselme, Dorchester, Québec, Canada

He was 24 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

1860 Birth of Child
Virginie ELIE dite BRETON was born 28 April 1860, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Québec, Canada

Edouard was 39 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.