Augustin ELIE dit BRETON

Born

5 March 1780 , Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

19 May 1846 , Sainte-Marie, Canada East

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Joseph-Marie ELIE dit BRETON Jeanne VACHON

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Born: 5 March 1780 in Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph-Marie ELIE dit BRETON

Mother: Jeanne VACHON

Paternal grandparents: Joseph ELIE dit BRETON , Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU dite RÉMILLARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste VACHON , Angélique GARNIER (GRENIER)

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Augustin married Marguerite FOUCHER 2 February 1802 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite FOUCHER was born 23 March 1774 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Marguerite died 5 March 1843 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marguerite was the child of Gabriel FOUCHER and Marie-Gertrude PICHET.

Augustin ELIE dit BRETON died 19 May 1846 in Sainte-Marie, 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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Augustin ELIE dit BRETON married

Marguerite FOUCHER
Marriage date: 2 February 1802
Marriage place: Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Marguerite FOUCHER was the child of Gabriel FOUCHER and Marie-Gertrude PICHET

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Joseph BRETON dit ELIE

Born: 27 June 1805, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Josephte QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME 25 October 1825 Place: Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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Birth — 1780
5 March 1780
Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1802 Marriage / Partner
Augustin ELIE dit BRETON and Marguerite FOUCHER 2 February 1802, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

He was 21 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Joseph BRETON dit ELIE was born 27 June 1805, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Augustin was 25 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)

1825 Marriage of Child
Joseph BRETON dit ELIE married 25 October 1825, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Marie-Josephte QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME

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)