Celina PIEDALUE dite PRAIRIE

(b. abt. 1837 , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 August 1871 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada )

Am I Your Ancestor?
PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!

What started out as our family is now your’s too!

Celina PIEDALUE dite PRAIRIE was born abt. 1837 in Québec Province, Canada

Celina PIEDALUE dite PRAIRIE was the child of Joseph PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE and Marie-Lucie PATENAUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PIEDALUE and Marie-Catherine ASHBY (maternal) François PATENAUDE and Josephte TETREAULT

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

Celina married Louis ARCHAMBAULT 11 December 1855 in Saint-Dominique, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis ARCHAMBAULT was born 14 December 1815 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Louis died 29 June 1900 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Louis was the child of Abraham ARCHAMBAULT and Marie-Geneviève PHANEUF.

Celina PIEDALUE dite PRAIRIE died 7 August 1871 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Celina appear below.

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)

The Definitive Guide for Researching Your French-Canadian Ancestors in 2025

Family and Children of Celina PIEDALUE dite PRAIRIE

[Hide/Show]

Celina PIEDALUE dite PRAIRIE married

Louis ARCHAMBAULT-- Date: 11 December 1855 Place: Saint-Dominique, Canada East
Louis ARCHAMBAULT was the child of Abraham ARCHAMBAULT and Marie-Geneviève PHANEUF

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

Children of Louis ARCHAMBAULT and Celina PIEDALUE dite PRAIRIE:

Marie-Caroline ARCHAMBAULT (b.1 April 1864, Acton Vale, Canada East d. 26 September 1895, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada )
m. Tancrede ROBITAILLE 4 October 1881 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Share the History, Life Events, and Stories of Celina PIEDALUE dite PRAIRIE
(Add details like birth, baptism, census records, military service, obituary, personal achievements, and more.)

[Hide/Show]

Discovering the Ancestry of Celina PIEDALUE dite PRAIRIE: Events, Photos & Historical Records

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)

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.

1855 Marriage / Partner
Celina PIEDALUE dite PRAIRIE and Louis ARCHAMBAULT 11 December 1855, Saint-Dominique, Québec, Canada

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)

1864 Birth of Child
Marie-Caroline ARCHAMBAULT was born 1 April 1864, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton)

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.