Joseph, Louis (Jo Vicus) ST LOUIS dit VILLERS

Born

June 24 1853 , Windsor, Essex, Canada West

Died

abt. 1945 , Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Age: 92
Cause of Death: Decided to stop eating

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Born: June 24 1853 in Windsor, Essex, Canada West

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Joseph, Louis (Jo Vicus) married Catherine Mathilde ( Kitty) PRATT 24 November 1879 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine Mathilde ( Kitty) PRATT was born March 31 1856 in Windsor, Essex, Canada West . Catherine Mathilde ( Kitty) died 11 May 1951 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada . Catherine Mathilde ( Kitty) was the child of Eloi Francis PRATT and Eleonore LAUZON.

Joseph, Louis (Jo Vicus) ST LOUIS dit VILLERS died abt. 1945 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada .

Son of Louis and Anne Parent

Joseph (Joe Vicus) died at his daughter Florence and uncle Georges Pott's house where he and Catherine were living. He just stopped eating and would only chew on ice cubes, he had decided to die because he didn't want to be a burden on anyone. As per Mag & Russ, his grandson, who loved him dearly.

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Recorded occupation: Farmer, horse trader, inn keeper

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph, Louis (Jo Vicus) ST LOUIS dit VILLERS

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Catherine Mathilde ( Kitty) PRATT
Marriage date: 24 November 1879
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Catherine Mathilde ( Kitty) PRATT was the child of Eloi Francis PRATT and Eleonore LAUZON

Children of Joseph, Louis (Jo Vicus) ST LOUIS dit VILLERS and Catherine Mathilde ( Kitty) PRATT

Joseph, Alexandre, Napoleon ST LOUIS dit VILLERS

Born: January 13 1885, Sandwich East, Ontario, Canada
Died: 17 June 1971, Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada

Married: Louise Ida SAUCIER 27 January 1920

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Joseph, Louis (Jo Vicus)'s Québec records.

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 — 1853
June 24 1853
Windsor, Essex, Canada West

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 Marriage / Partner
Joseph, Louis (Jo Vicus) ST LOUIS dit VILLERS and Catherine Mathilde ( Kitty) PRATT 24 November 1879,

He was 26 years old.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 Birth of Child
Joseph, Alexandre, Napoleon ST LOUIS dit VILLERS was born January 13 1885, Sandwich East, Ontario, Canada

Joseph, Louis (Jo Vicus) was 31 years old.

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada