Louis-Ambrose JEAN dit VIENS

Born

7 December 1777 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

abt. 1871 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada

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Joseph VIENS Veronique THÉROUX dite LACERTÉ

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Born: 7 December 1777 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph VIENS

Mother: Veronique THÉROUX dite LACERTÉ

Paternal grandparents: Pierre JEAN dit VIENS , Catherine CANTARA

Maternal grandparents: Pierre THÉROUX dit LAFERTÉ , Marie-Rose COITOU

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Louis-Ambrose married Angelique ROBIDOUX abt. 1805 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique ROBIDOUX was born 7 January 1782 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada . Angelique died 16 July 1830 in Sorel, Lower Canada .

Louis-Ambrose JEAN dit VIENS died abt. 1871 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada .
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Louis-Ambrose JEAN dit VIENS married

Angelique ROBIDOUX
Marriage date: abt. 1805
Marriage place: Québec, Lower Canada

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Children of Louis-Ambrose JEAN dit VIENS and Angelique ROBIDOUX

Sophie VIENS

Born: 25 January 1820, Sorel, Lower Canada
Died: 3 October 1872, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Pierre LARENE dit JULIEN

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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 — 1777
7 December 1777
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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 Birth of Child
Sophie VIENS was born 25 January 1820, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Louis-Ambrose was 42 years old.

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

1830 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angelique ROBIDOUX died 16 July 1830, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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.