Marie-Geneviève CAILLÉ dite BISCORNET

Born

31 March 1774 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

19 May 1858 , La Prairie, Canada East

Marie-Geneviève married Joseph DENIGER 18 July 1796 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DENIGER was born 29 March 1770 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph died 16 September 1841 in La Prairie, Canada East . Joseph was the child of François DENIGER and Marie-Anne POUPART .

Parents & Family of Marie-Geneviève CAILLÉ dite BISCORNET

Parents of Marie-Geneviève CAILLÉ dite BISCORNET

Father

Jean CAILLÉ dit BISCORNET

Mother

Marie-Geneviève ARTEAU dite SAINT-PIERRE (HARTEAU)

Grandparents of Marie-Geneviève CAILLÉ dite BISCORNET

Paternal grandparents

Pierre CAILLÉ dit BISCORNET Marie BRUNET

Maternal grandparents

Jacques HERTAULT (ARTEAU) (ARTAULT) dit ST-PIERRE Marie-Anne SENET dite LALIBERTE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Geneviève CAILLÉ dite BISCORNET

Marie-Geneviève CAILLÉ dite BISCORNET married

Joseph DENIGER
Marriage date: 18 July 1796
Marriage place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Joseph DENIGER was the child of François DENIGER and Marie-Anne POUPART

Children of Joseph DENIGER and Marie-Geneviève CAILLÉ dite BISCORNET

Joseph DENIGER

Born: 20 October 1796, La Prairie, Lower Canada
Died: 21 April 1867, La Prairie, Canada East

Married: Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE 24 November 1825 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Marie-Geneviève'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 — 1774
31 March 1774
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève CAILLÉ dite BISCORNET and Joseph DENIGER 18 July 1796, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 22 years old.

1796 Birth of Child
Joseph DENIGER was born 20 October 1796, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Geneviève was 22 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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)

1825 Marriage of Child
Joseph DENIGER married 24 November 1825, La Prairie, Lower Canada to Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE

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

1841 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph DENIGER died 16 September 1841, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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.

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.

Death — 1858
19 May 1858
La Prairie, Canada East
She died at the age of 84.

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