Josephte MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ

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19 March 1817 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

18 October 1902 , Jonquière, Québec, Canada

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Louis MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ Marie RICHARD

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Born: 19 March 1817 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Louis MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ

Mother: Marie RICHARD

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Marie MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ , Rosalie RICHARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste RICHARD , Thérèse GAGNE

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Josephte married Luc BOILY 24 November 1835 in Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Luc BOILY was born 13 August 1814 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Luc died 13 March 1890 in Jonquière, Québec, Canada. Luc was the child of Joseph BOILY and Angele HARVEY.

Josephte MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ died 18 October 1902 in Jonquière, 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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Josephte MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ married

Luc BOILY
Marriage date: 24 November 1835
Marriage place: Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada
Luc BOILY was the child of Joseph BOILY and Angele HARVEY

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Children of Luc BOILY and Josephte MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ

Philomene BOILY

Born: 29 January 1843, Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 30 August 1859 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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Birth — 1817
19 March 1817
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Josephte MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ and Luc BOILY 24 November 1835, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

She was 18 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Philomene BOILY was born 29 January 1843, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Josephte was 25 years old.

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Philomene BOILY married 30 August 1859, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Joseph TREMBLAY

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

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.