Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS

(b. abt. 1810 , Québec Province, Canada d. 26 April 1882 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada )

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Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS was born abt. 1810 in Québec Province, Canada

Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS was the child of Philippe DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Rosalie FOURNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philippe DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Marguerite HURET dite ROCHEFORT (maternal) Simon FOURNIER and Elisabeth THIBAULT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Simeon married Venerande FORTIN 14 August 1832 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Venerande FORTIN was born 6 February 1815 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Venerande died 18 April 1862 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. Venerande was the child of Joseph FORTIN and Josephte POITEVIN dite POTVIN.

Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS died 26 April 1882 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, 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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Family and Children of Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS

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Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS married

Venerande FORTIN-- Date: 14 August 1832 Place: Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada
Venerande FORTIN was the child of Joseph FORTIN and Josephte POITEVIN dite POTVIN

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Children of Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS and Venerande FORTIN:

Reine PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS (b.17 May 1833, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. 25 November 1898, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada)
m. Hippolyte SIMARD 21 February 1854 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Rose PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS (b.28 April 1834, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada d. 21 June 1916, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada)
m. Guillaume SIMARD 19 February 1855 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

Tatianne DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD (b.12 January 1845, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Canada East d. 20 October 1879, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada)
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 5 February 1866 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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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 / Partner
Simeon PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS and Venerande FORTIN 14 August 1832, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

1833 Birth of Child
Reine PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS was born 17 May 1833, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

1834 Birth of Child
Rose PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS was born 28 April 1834, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Tatianne DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was born 12 January 1845, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

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.

1854 Marriage of Child
Reine PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS married 21 February 1854, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada to Hippolyte SIMARD

1855 Marriage of Child
Rose PICARD dite DESTROISMAISONS married 19 February 1855, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada to Guillaume SIMARD

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

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Venerande FORTIN died 18 April 1862, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage of Child
Tatianne DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD married 5 February 1866, Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada to Joseph TREMBLAY

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.