Jean-Baptiste SIBERT dit BÉLAIR (CIBERT)

Born

12 April 1813 , Joliette, Lower Canada

Died

14 September 1874 , St-Théodore, Chertsey, Canada

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Joseph SIBERT dit BÉLAIR (CIBERT)Angelique LAREAU

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Born: 12 April 1813 in Joliette, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph SIBERT dit BÉLAIR (CIBERT)

Mother: Angelique LAREAU

Paternal grandparents: François CIBERT dit BELAIR (SIBERT) , Marguerite GAREAU

Maternal grandparents: Michel LAREAU , Marie-Therese RICHAUME

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Jean-Baptiste married Rose LACOMBE 7 August 1832 in Joliette, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose LACOMBE was born 16 January 1815 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie). Rose died 6 January 1888 in St-Théodore, Chertsey, Canada. Rose was the child of Antoine LACOMBE and Marie-Rose PERRAULT.

Jean-Baptiste SIBERT dit BÉLAIR (CIBERT) died 14 September 1874 in St-Théodore, Chertsey, 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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Rose LACOMBE
Marriage date: 7 August 1832
Marriage place: Joliette, Lower Canada
Rose LACOMBE was the child of Antoine LACOMBE and Marie-Rose PERRAULT

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Children of Jean-Baptiste SIBERT dit BÉLAIR (CIBERT) and Rose LACOMBE

Rose BELAIR

Born: 21 June 1844, Joliette, Canada East
Died: 28 March 1895, St-Théodore, Chertsey, Canada

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 26 May 1862

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Birth — 1813
12 April 1813
Joliette, 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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste SIBERT dit BÉLAIR (CIBERT) and Rose LACOMBE 7 August 1832, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

He was 19 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)

1844 Birth of Child
Rose BELAIR was born 21 June 1844, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 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

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.