Brigitte PILET dite JOLICOEUR

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29 April 1840 , Beauceville, Lower Canada

Died

14 April 1890 , Augusta, Maine, USA

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Born: 29 April 1840 in Beauceville, Lower Canada

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Brigitte married Seraphim MATHIEU 22 January 1861 in Beauceville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Seraphim MATHIEU was born 19 June 1836 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce). Seraphim died 2 May 1903 in Augusta, Maine, USA.

Brigitte PILET dite JOLICOEUR died 14 April 1890 in Augusta, Maine, USA.
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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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Spouse & Children of Brigitte PILET dite JOLICOEUR

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Brigitte PILET dite JOLICOEUR married

Seraphim MATHIEU
Marriage date: 22 January 1861
Marriage place: Beauceville, Canada East

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Children of Seraphim MATHIEU and Brigitte PILET dite JOLICOEUR

Josephine MATTHEWS (MATHIEU)

Born: 14 September 1883, Beauceville, Québec, Canada
Died: 3 October 1967, , Maine, USA

Married: Edward PROULX 16 September 1907 Place: Waterville, Maine, USA

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Birth — 1840
29 April 1840
Beauceville, Lower 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)

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

1861 Marriage / Partner
Brigitte PILET dite JOLICOEUR and Seraphim MATHIEU 22 January 1861, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

She was 20 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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

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

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)

1883 Birth of Child
Josephine MATTHEWS (MATHIEU) was born 14 September 1883, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Brigitte was 43 years old.

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)