Joseph-Sebastien POIRIER dit MICHAUD

Born

21 February 1784 , Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

2 January 1864 , St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Canada

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Sebastien "Bastien" POIRIER Marie Anne PETIT dite LE VENT

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Born: 21 February 1784 in Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Sebastien "Bastien" POIRIER

Mother: Marie Anne PETIT dite LE VENT

Paternal grandparents: Jean Baptiste POIRIER , Marie Josephte SAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: Jean PETIT dit LE VENT , Marie CARESTE

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Joseph-Sebastien married Apolline RUEST (RUAIS) 17 February 1806 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Apolline RUEST (RUAIS) was born 7 March 1788 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Apolline died 7 April 1868 in St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Canada. Apolline was the child of Jean RUEST (RUAIS) and Rosalie GAGNON.

Joseph-Sebastien POIRIER dit MICHAUD died 2 January 1864 in St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, 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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Apolline RUEST (RUAIS)
Marriage date: 17 February 1806
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Apolline RUEST (RUAIS) was the child of Jean RUEST (RUAIS) and Rosalie GAGNON

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Children of Joseph-Sebastien POIRIER dit MICHAUD and Apolline RUEST (RUAIS)

Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD

Born: 6 September 1810, Rimouski, Lower Canada
Died: 20 May 1863, St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Canada

Married: Euphemie LEPAGE 3 February 1835 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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Birth — 1784
21 February 1784
Rimouski, 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)

1806 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Sebastien POIRIER dit MICHAUD and Apolline RUEST (RUAIS) 17 February 1806, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 22 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD was born 6 September 1810, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Joseph-Sebastien was 26 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)

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 of Child
Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD married 3 February 1835, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic) to Euphemie LEPAGE

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)

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.