Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ

Born

abt. 1821 , Acton Vale, Lower Canada

Died

abt. 1896 , Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada

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Pierre ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ Marie-Anne VIENS

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Born: abt. 1821 in Acton Vale, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ

Mother: Marie-Anne VIENS

Paternal grandparents: Augustin ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ , Marguerite VEZINA

Maternal grandparents: Pierre VIENS dit JEAN , Elisabeth-Isabelle BOISSEL

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Michel married Josette CARON 11 November 1845 in Québec, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josette CARON was born abt. 1822 in Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton). Josette died 3 March 1916 in Essex, Ontario, Canada.

Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ died abt. 1896 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, 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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Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ married

Josette CARON
Marriage date: 11 November 1845
Marriage place: Québec, Canada East

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Children of Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ and Josette CARON

Victor LALIBERTE

Born: 10 March 1847, Acton Vale, Canada East
Died: 19 April 1931, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Zenaide GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE 20 MAY 1867 Place: Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton)

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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

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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ and Josette CARON 11 November 1845, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1847 Birth of Child
Victor LALIBERTE was born 10 March 1847, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton)

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.

1867 Marriage of Child
Victor LALIBERTE married 20 MAY 1867, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton) to Zenaide GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE