Charles LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS

Born

12 February 1799 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada

Died

19 May 1874 , Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada

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Charles LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS Marguerite DAOUST

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Born: 12 February 1799 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada

Father: Charles LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS

Mother: Marguerite DAOUST

Paternal grandparents: Toussaint LEGAULT , Marie-Anne PICARD

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie DAOUST , Marguerite LEDUC

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Charles married Josephte GROULX 13 February 1821 in St-Clément, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte GROULX was born 14 August 1800 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Josephte died 2 April 1871 in Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada. Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste GROULX and Antoinette LABERGE.

Charles LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS died 19 May 1874 in Sainte-Martine, 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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Charles LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS married

Josephte GROULX
Marriage date: 13 February 1821
Marriage place: St-Clément, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada

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Josephte GROULX was the child of Jean-Baptiste GROULX and Antoinette LABERGE

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Children of Charles LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Josephte GROULX

Eusebe LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS

Born: 16 July 1831, St-Clément-de-Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Catherine-Martine NIDING 23 September 1851 Place: Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1799
12 February 1799
Châteauguay, 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

1821 Marriage / Partner
Charles LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Josephte GROULX 13 February 1821, St-Clément, Beauharnois, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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

1831 Birth of Child
Eusebe LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS was born 16 July 1831, St-Clément-de-Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada

Charles was 32 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)

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)

1851 Marriage of Child
Eusebe LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS married 23 September 1851, Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada to Catherine-Martine NIDING

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.