Toussaint FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE

Born

8 May 1798 , Longueuil, Lower Canada

Died

14 April 1848 , Longueuil, Canada East

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Alexis FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE Charlotte CHICOINE

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Born: 8 May 1798 in Longueuil, Lower Canada

Father: Alexis FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE

Mother: Charlotte CHICOINE

Paternal grandparents: Charles-Joseph FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE , Charlotte TRUDEAU

Maternal grandparents: Pierre CHICOINE , Marie-Angélique PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE

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Toussaint married Emilie BEAUDRY 10 June 1834 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . Emilie BEAUDRY was born 26 September 1804 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Emilie died 2 May 1844 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Emilie was the child of Joseph-Marie BEAUDRY and Marie-Archange BRODEUR.

Toussaint FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE died 14 April 1848 in Longueuil, Canada East .
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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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Toussaint FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE married

Emilie BEAUDRY
Marriage date: 10 June 1834
Marriage place: Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Emilie BEAUDRY was the child of Joseph-Marie BEAUDRY and Marie-Archange BRODEUR

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Birth — 1798
8 May 1798
Longueuil, Lower Canada

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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Toussaint FOURNIER dit PREFONTAINE and Emilie BEAUDRY 10 June 1834, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 36 years old.

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)