Joseph Clovis PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE

Born

9 January 1788 , Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 March 1857 , Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA

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Joseph PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE Genevieve PATENAUDE

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Born: 9 January 1788 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE

Mother: Genevieve PATENAUDE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph PIEDALUE , Marie-Anne BOURASSA

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Louis PATENAUDE (PATENÔTRE) , Marie-Geneviève LAREAU

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Joseph Clovis married Marie Rose GAUDREAU abt. 1818 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Rose GAUDREAU was born 6 February 1798 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Marie Rose died 27 May 1879 in Ganeer Township, Kankakee, Illinois, USA. Marie Rose was the child of Joseph-Marie GAUDREAU and Marie-Françoise LAPORTE.

Joseph Clovis PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE died 20 March 1857 in Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA.
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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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Joseph Clovis PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE married

Marie Rose GAUDREAU
Marriage date: abt. 1818
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Marie Rose GAUDREAU was the child of Joseph-Marie GAUDREAU and Marie-Françoise LAPORTE

Children of Joseph Clovis PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE and Marie Rose GAUDREAU

Dominique PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE

Born: 4 August 1818, L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Died: 18 May 1892, Manteno, Kankakee, Illinois, USA

Married: Flavie MONET (MONETTE) 13 February 1838 Place: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

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Birth — 1788
9 January 1788
Chambly, Province of Québec, 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 Birth of Child
Dominique PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE was born 4 August 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Joseph Clovis was 30 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)

1838 Marriage of Child
Dominique PIEDALUE dit PRAIRIE married 13 February 1838, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester) to Flavie MONET (MONETTE)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)