Gedeon LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS

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14 February 1840 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Died

25 June 1894 , Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada

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Born: 14 February 1840 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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Gedeon married Marie THEORET 25 September 1865 in Ile-Bizard, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie THEORET was born 1 April 1847 in Ile-Bizard, Québec, Canada. Marie died 30 March 1926 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie was the child of Basile THEORET and Anastasie CLAUDE.

Gedeon LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS died 25 June 1894 in Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada .

son of Francois Xavier Legault dit Deslauriers and Victoire Claude

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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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Gedeon LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS married

Marie THEORET
Marriage date: 25 September 1865
Marriage place: Ile-Bizard, Québec, Canada
Marie THEORET was the child of Basile THEORET and Anastasie CLAUDE

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Joseph DESLAURIERS

Born: abt. 1867, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 16 February 1922, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Married: Appoline THEORET 28 April 1890 Place: Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville)

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Birth — 1840
14 February 1840
Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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)

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)

1865 Marriage / Partner
Gedeon LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marie THEORET 25 September 1865, Ile-Bizard, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

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.