Christine KICHERA dite LAVALTRIE (TCHICHERA)

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5 May 1785 , Poste-du-Roi, Tadoussac, Canada

Died

4 March 1876 , Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada

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Born: 5 May 1785 in Poste-du-Roi, Tadoussac, Canada

Father: Unknown

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Christine was a Native American/First Nation.
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Christine married Moise TREMBLAY 10 September 1805 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Moise TREMBLAY was born 11 January 1783 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Moise died 18 July 1860 in L'Anse-aux-Foins, Canada. Moise was the child of René TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne MARTEL.

Christine KICHERA dite LAVALTRIE (TCHICHERA) died 4 March 1876 in Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada .

daughter of Francois Kichera (Tchichera) and Pulcherie Napipuagan or Marie-Rosalie Otchit-Chikoa

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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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Christine KICHERA dite LAVALTRIE (TCHICHERA) married

Moise TREMBLAY
Marriage date: 10 September 1805
Marriage place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Moise TREMBLAY was the child of René TREMBLAY and Marie-Anne MARTEL

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Children of Moise TREMBLAY and Christine KICHERA dite LAVALTRIE (TCHICHERA)

Helene TREMBLAY

Born: 24 April 1806, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Pierre JEAN 1 August 1824 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Sylvain-Flavien TREMBLAY

Born: 15 November 1807, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 31 May 1809, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Marie-Victoire TREMBLAY

Born: 17 September 1809, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Etienne LESSARD 20 January 1829 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Marie-Louise TREMBLAY

Born: 16 November 1810, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Augustin ISOBEL (ISABELLE) 1 June 1851 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Georges TREMBLAY

Born: 17 August 1812, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Elisabeth JEAN 19 November 1834 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Married: Madeleine MCNICOLL 18 June 1848 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Eucher TREMBLAY

Born: 9 October 1814, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 30 January 1886, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada

Married: Zenobie TREMBLAY 7 January 1840 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Ignace TREMBLAY

Born: 12 November 1815, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: 13 April 1878, Saint-Fulgence, Québec, Canada

Married: Adelaide JEAN 7 January 1845 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Leocadie TREMBLAY

Born: 3 November 1821, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Francois JEAN 21 January 1845 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Eusebe TREMBLAY

Born: 12 June 1824, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Eleonore LEBOEUF dite BEAUSEIGLE 16 February 1846 Place: Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay)

Beatrice TREMBLAY

Born: 30 January 1828, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Telesphore ST-GELAIS 9 October 1848 Place: La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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Birth — 1785
5 May 1785
Poste-du-Roi, Tadoussac, Canada

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)

1805 Marriage / Partner
Christine KICHERA dite LAVALTRIE (TCHICHERA) and Moise TREMBLAY 10 September 1805, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 20 years old.

1806 Birth of Child
Helene TREMBLAY was born 24 April 1806, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Christine was 20 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Sylvain-Flavien TREMBLAY was born 15 November 1807, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Christine was 22 years old.

1809 Death of Child
Sylvain-Flavien TREMBLAY died 31 May 1809, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Christine was 24 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Marie-Victoire TREMBLAY was born 17 September 1809, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Christine was 24 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY was born 16 November 1810, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Christine was 25 years old.

1812 Birth of Child
Georges TREMBLAY was born 17 August 1812, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Christine was 27 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Eucher TREMBLAY was born 9 October 1814, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Christine was 29 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Ignace TREMBLAY was born 12 November 1815, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Christine was 30 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Leocadie TREMBLAY was born 3 November 1821, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Christine was 36 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Jean-Eusebe TREMBLAY was born 12 June 1824, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Christine was 39 years old.

1824 Marriage of Child
Helene TREMBLAY married 1 August 1824, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jean-Pierre JEAN

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Birth of Child
Beatrice TREMBLAY was born 30 January 1828, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Christine was 42 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Marriage of Child
Marie-Victoire TREMBLAY married 20 January 1829, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Etienne LESSARD

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Marriage of Child
Georges TREMBLAY married 19 November 1834, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Elisabeth JEAN

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

1840 Marriage of Child
Eucher TREMBLAY married 7 January 1840, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Zenobie TREMBLAY

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Ignace TREMBLAY married 7 January 1845, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee) to Adelaide JEAN

1845 Marriage of Child
Leocadie TREMBLAY married 21 January 1845, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Francois JEAN

1846 Marriage of Child
Jean-Eusebe TREMBLAY married 16 February 1846, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Eleonore LEBOEUF dite BEAUSEIGLE

1848 Marriage of Child
Georges TREMBLAY married 18 June 1848, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Madeleine MCNICOLL

1848 Marriage of Child
Beatrice TREMBLAY married 9 October 1848, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Telesphore ST-GELAIS

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise TREMBLAY married 1 June 1851, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada (Arvida) (Saguenay) to Augustin ISOBEL (ISABELLE)

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

1860 Death of Spouse/Partner
Moise TREMBLAY died 18 July 1860, L'Anse-aux-Foins, Canada

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.