Celeste BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS

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12 October 1819 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

Died

4 December 1883 , Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada

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Antoine BENOIT Charlotte BARRE

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Born: 12 October 1819 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

Father: Antoine BENOIT

Mother: Charlotte BARRE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph BENOIT , Josephte GAUTHIER

Maternal grandparents: Charles-Louis BARRE , Marie-Louise MONTY

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Celeste married Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX 17 February 1846 in Marieville, Rouville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Francois was the child of Charles HOUDE and Pelagie GOYETTE.

Celeste BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS died 4 December 1883 in Marieville, Rouville, 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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Celeste BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS married

Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX
Marriage date: 17 February 1846
Marriage place: Marieville, Rouville, Canada East

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Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX was the child of Charles HOUDE and Pelagie GOYETTE

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Children of Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Celeste BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS

Marie WOOD/HOUDE

Born: 1 July 1851, Marieville, Rouville, Canada East
Died: 31 March 1897, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada

Married: Emery VEGIARD 18 February 1868 Place: Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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Birth — 1819
12 October 1819
Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

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

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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Celeste BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS and Francois HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX 17 February 1846, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

She was 26 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Birth of Child
Marie WOOD/HOUDE was born 1 July 1851, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Celeste was 31 years old.

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.