Priscille PINEL dite LAFRANCE

Born

22 April 1804 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Died

13 June 1865 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East

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Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

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Born: 22 April 1804 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE

Mother: Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste PINEL dit LAFRANCE , Madeleine CHOISY dite DESENNEY

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT , Marie-Madeleine DENIS dite QUIMPER

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Priscille married Jean-Celestin LIZOTTE 16 October 1827 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Celestin LIZOTTE was born 18 April 1797 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Celestin died 13 June 1865 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Celestin was the child of Jean-Baptiste LIZOTTE and Marguerite MARTIN.

Priscille PINEL dite LAFRANCE died 13 June 1865 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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Priscille PINEL dite LAFRANCE married

Jean-Celestin LIZOTTE
Marriage date: 16 October 1827
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Jean-Celestin LIZOTTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LIZOTTE and Marguerite MARTIN

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Children of Jean-Celestin LIZOTTE and Priscille PINEL dite LAFRANCE

Virginie LIZOTTE

Born: 18 May 1831, La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Died: 11 December 1918, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada

Married: Georges TREMBLAY 8 September 1851 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1804
22 April 1804
La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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)

1827 Marriage / Partner
Priscille PINEL dite LAFRANCE and Jean-Celestin LIZOTTE 16 October 1827, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 23 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Virginie LIZOTTE was born 18 May 1831, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Priscille was 27 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
Virginie LIZOTTE married 8 September 1851, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Georges TREMBLAY

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)