Jean-Baptiste LALANCETTE dit BRETON

Born

22 March 1805 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Died

25 November 1860 , Chicoutimi, Canada East

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Andre LEBRETON dit LALANCETTE Marie ST-LAURENT

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Born: 22 March 1805 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Father: Andre LEBRETON dit LALANCETTE

Mother: Marie ST-LAURENT

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Henri LEBRETON , Angélique-Francoise BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: Paul ST-LAURENT , Marie-Rosalie GAGNON

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Jean-Baptiste married Eloise BRASSARD 28 November 1826 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Eloise BRASSARD was born 1 March 1801 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Eloise died 16 June 1842 in Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix). Eloise was the child of Alexis BRASSARD and Madeleine DESBIENS.

Jean-Baptiste LALANCETTE dit BRETON died 25 November 1860 in Chicoutimi, 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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Jean-Baptiste LALANCETTE dit BRETON married

Eloise BRASSARD
Marriage date: 28 November 1826
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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Eloise BRASSARD was the child of Alexis BRASSARD and Madeleine DESBIENS

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Henri LALANCETTE dit BRETON

Born: 4 April 1834, Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada
Died: 24 October 1889, Jonquière, Québec, Canada

Married: Emilienne SIMARD 26 April 1854 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Leocadie LALANCETTE

Born: 7 May 1840, Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Etienne TREMBLAY 20 April 1857

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Birth — 1805
22 March 1805
La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LALANCETTE dit BRETON and Eloise BRASSARD 28 November 1826, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 21 years old.

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

1834 Birth of Child
Henri LALANCETTE dit BRETON was born 4 April 1834, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 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

1840 Birth of Child
Leocadie LALANCETTE was born 7 May 1840, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Death of Spouse/Partner
Eloise BRASSARD died 16 June 1842, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

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.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Marriage of Child
Henri LALANCETTE dit BRETON married 26 April 1854, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix) to Emilienne 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

Death — 1860
25 November 1860
Chicoutimi, Canada East
He died at the age of 55.

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