Thomas MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS

Born

24 March 1813 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Died

22 December 1886 , St Camille, Wotton, Quebec, Canada

Thomas married Marie-Catherine VALLEE 12 October 1835 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Catherine VALLEE was born 24 November 1822 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . Marie-Catherine died 15 June 1902 in St-Camille de Wolfe, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Catherine was the child of François VALLEE and Françoise DESROCHERS .

Parents & Family of Thomas MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS

Parents of Thomas MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS

Father

Joseph-Louis MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS

Mother

Therese BOISVERT

Grandparents of Thomas MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS

Paternal grandparents

Joseph ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU Catherine LAFOND

Maternal grandparents

Antoine BOISVERT dit DENEVERS Josephte COTE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Thomas MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS

Thomas MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS married

Marie-Catherine VALLEE
Marriage date: 12 October 1835
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Marie-Catherine VALLEE was the child of François VALLEE and Françoise DESROCHERS

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

Children of Thomas MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS and Marie-Catherine VALLEE

Joseph MANSEAU

Born: 8 May 1843, Drummondville, Canada East
Died: 26 October 1912, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Marie Felonise COTE 6 November 1866 Place: Wotton, Canada East

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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 — 1813
24 March 1813
Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Thomas MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS and Marie-Catherine VALLEE 12 October 1835, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 22 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Joseph MANSEAU was born 8 May 1843, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

Thomas was 30 years old.

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.

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)

1866 Marriage of Child
Joseph MANSEAU married 6 November 1866, Wotton, Canada East to Marie Felonise COTE

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.