Guillaume BREYER dit ST-PIERRE

Born

7 November 1785 , Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

29 August 1861 , Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Canada East

Guillaume married Madeleine HAMELIN 7 August 1815 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine HAMELIN was born 17 July 1796 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada. Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste HAMELIN and Marie-Anne BIROLEAU .

Parents & Family of Guillaume BREYER dit ST-PIERRE

Parents of Guillaume BREYER dit ST-PIERRE

Father

Jean-Baptiste BREYER dit ST-PIERRE

Mother

Rose BRAZEAU

Grandparents of Guillaume BREYER dit ST-PIERRE

Paternal grandparents

Pierre BREYER dit ST-PIERRE (BREILLE) Françoise THIBAULT dite LEVEILLE

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste BRAZEAU Josephe BIROLEAU

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Guillaume BREYER dit ST-PIERRE

Guillaume BREYER dit ST-PIERRE married

Madeleine HAMELIN
Marriage date: 7 August 1815
Marriage place: Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada
Madeleine HAMELIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste HAMELIN and Marie-Anne BIROLEAU

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Guillaume BREYER dit ST-PIERRE and Madeleine HAMELIN

Guillaume BREYER dit ST-PIERRE

Born: 30 July 1820, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Apolline RAYMOND dite LABROSSE 7 February 1843 Place: Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Guillaume's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1785
7 November 1785
Saint-Eustache, 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 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume BREYER dit ST-PIERRE and Madeleine HAMELIN 7 August 1815, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

He was 29 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

1820 Birth of Child
Guillaume BREYER dit ST-PIERRE was born 30 July 1820, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

Guillaume was 34 years old.

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

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)

1843 Marriage of Child
Guillaume BREYER dit ST-PIERRE married 7 February 1843, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East to Apolline RAYMOND dite LABROSSE

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