Joseph MAILHOT dit VILOCHE

Born

4 June 1787 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

5 August 1854 , Ste-Gertrude, Bécancour, Quebec, Canada

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Joseph-Louis MAILLOT dit VILOCHE Marguerite BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE

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Born: 4 June 1787 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph-Louis MAILLOT dit VILOCHE

Mother: Marguerite BOURBEAU dite BEAUCHESNE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Rene MAILLOT dit VILOCHE , Marie-Josette-Genevieve PARIS dite LAMADELEINE

Maternal grandparents: Charles BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE , Geneviève RICHARD dite PRE

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Joseph married Marie HOUDE (HOULE) 6 October 1807 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie HOUDE (HOULE) was born 11 June 1781 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Marie died 5 June 1855 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie was the child of Joseph-Charles HOUDE and Marie-Therese RIVARD.

Joseph MAILHOT dit VILOCHE died 5 August 1854 in Ste-Gertrude, Bécancour, Quebec, Canada.
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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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Spouse & Children of Joseph MAILHOT dit VILOCHE

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Joseph MAILHOT dit VILOCHE married

Marie HOUDE (HOULE)
Marriage date: 6 October 1807
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marie HOUDE (HOULE) was the child of Joseph-Charles HOUDE and Marie-Therese RIVARD

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Children of Joseph MAILHOT dit VILOCHE and Marie HOUDE (HOULE)

Leandre MAILHOT

Born: 30 September 1815, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 28 August 1898, St-Rémi-de-Tingwick, Arthabaska, Canada

Married: Sophie CHAMPOUX 26 February 1838 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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Birth — 1787
4 June 1787
Bécancour, Nicolet, 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)

1807 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MAILHOT dit VILOCHE and Marie HOUDE (HOULE) 6 October 1807, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 20 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Leandre MAILHOT was born 30 September 1815, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Joseph 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

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

1838 Marriage of Child
Leandre MAILHOT married 26 February 1838, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Sophie CHAMPOUX

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)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.