Thomas LAJOIE dit NORMANDIN

Born

2 October 1838 , Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada

Died

22 January 1907 , Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas married Celanire CHAMBERLAND 7 February 1865 in Kamouraska, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Celanire CHAMBERLAND was born 14 August 1846 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Canada East. Celanire died 15 November 1911 in Biddeford, Maine, USA . Celanire was the child of Etienne CHAMBERLAND and Marie-Olivette LANDRY .

Parents & Family of Thomas LAJOIE dit NORMANDIN

Parents of Thomas LAJOIE dit NORMANDIN

Father

Thomas NORMANDIN dit LAJOIE

Mother

Marie-Osithe OUELLET

Grandparents of Thomas LAJOIE dit NORMANDIN

Paternal grandparents

Zacharie NORMANDIN dit LAJOIE Victoire BOISBRIAND

Maternal grandparents

Joseph OUELLET dit DEPAINCOUR Marie-Judith PELLETIER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Thomas LAJOIE dit NORMANDIN

Thomas LAJOIE dit NORMANDIN married

Celanire CHAMBERLAND
Marriage date: 7 February 1865
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Canada East
Celanire CHAMBERLAND was the child of Etienne CHAMBERLAND and Marie-Olivette LANDRY

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

Children of Thomas LAJOIE dit NORMANDIN and Celanire CHAMBERLAND

Leida LAJOIE

Born: 21 July 1873, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada
Died: 10 July 1955, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Guillaume ST JEAN 17 May 1897 Place: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Thomas's Québec records.

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 — 1838
2 October 1838
Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage / Partner
Thomas LAJOIE dit NORMANDIN and Celanire CHAMBERLAND 7 February 1865, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 26 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 Birth of Child
Leida LAJOIE was born 21 July 1873, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Thomas was 34 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 Marriage of Child
Leida LAJOIE married 17 May 1897, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA to Guillaume ST JEAN

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.