Charles LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

Born

10 April 1787 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

8 July 1870 , Joliette, Québec, Canada

Parents & Family of Charles LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

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Born: 10 April 1787 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Charles LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

Father

Charles LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

Mother

Elisabeth ROCHEREAU (ROCHELEAU)

Grandparents of Charles LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

Paternal grandparents

Pierre LAPORTE Angélique CHARBONNEAU

Maternal grandparents

Louis ROCHEREAU (ROCHELEAU) Elisabeth COTE

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

Charles married Marie-Josephe CHARPENTIER . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe CHARPENTIER was born 16 September 1784 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Josephe was the child of Augustin CHARPENTIER and Marie-Marguerite BONIN.

Charles LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES died 8 July 1870 in Joliette, Québec, Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Charles LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

Charles LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES married

Marie-Josephe CHARPENTIER
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Marie-Josephe CHARPENTIER was the child of Augustin CHARPENTIER and Marie-Marguerite BONIN

Children of Charles LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Josephe CHARPENTIER

Lucille LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

Born: abt. 1818, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 26 December 1891, Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA

Married: François Xavier BERNECHE (BARNISH) 20 November 1840 Place: Joliette, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1787
10 April 1787
Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

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)

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Lucille LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES married 20 November 1840, Joliette, Lower Canada to François Xavier BERNECHE (BARNISH)

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.

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.