Marie-Charlotte DEBLOIS dite GREGOIRE

(b. 18 April 1802 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 25 October 1874 , St-Elzear-de-Liniere, St-Elzear, Beauce, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Charlotte DEBLOIS dite GREGOIRE was born 18 April 1802 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Marie-Charlotte DEBLOIS dite GREGOIRE was the child of Basile DEBLOIS dit GREGOIRE and Marguerite-Abondance AVARE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Basile DEBLOIS and Marthe LEHOUX (maternal) Ignace AVARE (AVARD) and Marie-Louise BAUCHER dite MORENCY

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Charlotte married Louis BILODEAU 20 January 1829 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Louis BILODEAU was born 6 February 1809 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Louis died 1 August 1845 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Louis was the child of Louis BILODEAU and Marie-Louise GAGNON.

Marie-Charlotte DEBLOIS dite GREGOIRE died 25 October 1874 in St-Elzear-de-Liniere, St-Elzear, Beauce, 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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Marie-Charlotte DEBLOIS dite GREGOIRE married

Louis BILODEAU-- Date: 20 January 1829 Place: Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Louis BILODEAU was the child of Louis BILODEAU and Marie-Louise GAGNON

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Children of Louis BILODEAU and Marie-Charlotte DEBLOIS dite GREGOIRE:

Louis-Damase BILODEAU (b.24 October 1829, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie-Louise BILODEAU (b.20 August 1831, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 16 March 1833, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )

Pierre BILODEAU (b.28 June 1833, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 21 June 1920, Rochester, New Hampshire, USA )

Charles BILODEAU (b.20 September 1834, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 23 October 1913, Saint-Elzéar, La Nouvelle-Beauce, Quebec, Canada)

Jean BILODEAU (b.9 April 1836, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 18 April 1836, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada )

Marie-Charlotte BILODEAU (b.19 April 1837, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 28 December 1905, St Bernard, Beauce, Quebec, Canada)
m. François-Xavier LECLERC 8 February 1859

Jean BILODEAU (b.1 July 1839, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 13 July 1914, Rochester, New Hampshire, USA )

Geneviève-Rose-De-Lima BILODEAU (b.23 February 1841, Sainte-Marie, Canada East d. 3 May 1852, Sainte-Marie, Canada East )

Francois-Xavier BILODEAU (b.13 September 1843, Sainte-Marie, Canada East d. 27 July 1846, Sainte-Marie, Canada East )

Thomas BILODEAU (b.25 November 1844, Sainte-Marie, Canada East d. 10 October 1846, Sainte-Marie, Canada East )

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1802 Birth
18 April 1802
Sainte-Marie, 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)

1829 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Charlotte DEBLOIS dite GREGOIRE and Louis BILODEAU 20 January 1829, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

She was 26 years old.

1829 Birth of Child
Louis-Damase BILODEAU was born 24 October 1829, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Charlotte was 27 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BILODEAU was born 20 August 1831, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Charlotte was 29 years old.

1833 Death of Child
Marie-Louise BILODEAU died 16 March 1833, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Charlotte was 30 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Pierre BILODEAU was born 28 June 1833, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Charlotte was 31 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Charles BILODEAU was born 20 September 1834, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Charlotte was 32 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Jean BILODEAU was born 9 April 1836, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Charlotte was 34 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte BILODEAU was born 19 April 1837, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Charlotte was 35 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

1839 Birth of Child
Jean BILODEAU was born 1 July 1839, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Charlotte was 37 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Geneviève-Rose-De-Lima BILODEAU was born 23 February 1841, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Charlotte was 38 years old.

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
Francois-Xavier BILODEAU was born 13 September 1843, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Charlotte was 41 years old.

1844 Birth of Child
Thomas BILODEAU was born 25 November 1844, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Charlotte was 42 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis BILODEAU died 1 August 1845, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

1846 Death of Child
Francois-Xavier BILODEAU died 27 July 1846, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Charlotte was 44 years old.

1846 Death of Child
Thomas BILODEAU died 10 October 1846, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Charlotte was 44 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Death of Child
Geneviève-Rose-De-Lima BILODEAU died 3 May 1852, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Marie-Charlotte was 50 years old.

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)

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.