Abraham LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON

Born

31 March 1786 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

18 May 1852 , La Baie, Canada East

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Hippolyte LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON Marie-Josephte ASSELIN

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Born: 31 March 1786 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Hippolyte LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON

Mother: Marie-Josephte ASSELIN

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Henri LEBRETON , Marie-Agnes LARCHEVEQUE

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel ANCELIN (ASSELIN) , Marie-Anne PELLETIER

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Abraham married Angélique MERCIER abt. 1812 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique MERCIER was born 24 July 1786 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Angélique died 21 March 1863 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Angélique was the child of Michel MERCIER and Genevieve LACROIX.

Abraham LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON died 18 May 1852 in La Baie, 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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Abraham LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON married

Angélique MERCIER
Marriage date: abt. 1812
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Angélique MERCIER was the child of Michel MERCIER and Genevieve LACROIX

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Angélique LEBRETON dite LALANCETTE

Born: 16 February 1815, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Lower Canada
Died: 19 May 1884, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada

Married: Augustin TREMBLAY 29 October 1832 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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Birth — 1786
31 March 1786
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, 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)

1815 Birth of Child
Angélique LEBRETON dite LALANCETTE was born 16 February 1815, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Abraham was 28 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

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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage of Child
Angélique LEBRETON dite LALANCETTE married 29 October 1832, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Augustin TREMBLAY

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)