Sophronie LAURENT dite LASSONDE

Born

Died

15 February 1899 , Granby, Québec, Canada

Sophronie married Jean-Baptiste AUGER . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste AUGER was born 18 August 1830 in Contrecœur, Lower Canada . Jean-Baptiste died 1 June 1905 in Granby, Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste was the child of André AUGER and Marie LECLAIRE (LECLERC) .

Parents & Family of Sophronie LAURENT dite LASSONDE

Parents of Sophronie LAURENT dite LASSONDE

Father

Joseph LAURENT dit LASSONDE

Mother

Josephe FUGERE dite CHAMPAGNE

Grandparents of Sophronie LAURENT dite LASSONDE

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Sophronie LAURENT dite LASSONDE

Sophronie LAURENT dite LASSONDE married

Jean-Baptiste AUGER
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Jean-Baptiste AUGER was the child of André AUGER and Marie LECLAIRE (LECLERC)

Children of Jean-Baptiste AUGER and Sophronie LAURENT dite LASSONDE

Celina AUGER

Born: 21 March 1870, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 14 May 1946, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Joseph DEGRES 1 December 1888 Place: Granby, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Sophronie'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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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

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.