Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD

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6 September 1810 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

Died

20 May 1863 , St-Anaclet-de-Lessard, Canada

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Joseph-Sebastien POIRIER dit MICHAUD Apolline RUEST (RUAIS)

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Born: 6 September 1810 in Rimouski, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph-Sebastien POIRIER dit MICHAUD

Mother: Apolline RUEST (RUAIS)

Paternal grandparents: Sebastien "Bastien" POIRIER , Marie Anne PETIT dite LE VENT

Maternal grandparents: Jean RUEST (RUAIS) , Rosalie GAGNON

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Lazare-Alexandre married Euphemie LEPAGE 3 February 1835 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Euphemie LEPAGE was born 28 March 1815 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Euphemie died 18 April 1856 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Euphemie was the child of Louis-Joseph LEPAGE and Francoise GAGNE.

Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD died 20 May 1863 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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Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD married

Euphemie LEPAGE
Marriage date: 3 February 1835
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Euphemie LEPAGE was the child of Louis-Joseph LEPAGE and Francoise GAGNE

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Children of Lazare-Alexandre POIRIER dit MICHAUD and Euphemie LEPAGE

Genevieve POIRIER

Born: 5 January 1838, Rimouski, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Honore TREMBLAY 31 August 1863 Place: Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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Birth — 1810
6 September 1810
Rimouski, 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)

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

He was 24 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

1838 Birth of Child
Genevieve POIRIER was born 5 January 1838, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Lazare-Alexandre was 27 years old.

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.