Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS

Born

4 October 1798 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

23 April 1868 , La Malbaie, Québec, Canada

Joseph married Antoinette DUCHESNE 22 January 1822 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoinette DUCHESNE was born 25 October 1801 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . Antoinette died 12 March 1886 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada . Antoinette was the child of Rene-Abraham-Samson DUCHESNE and Felicite-Veronique DESBIENS .

Parents & Family of Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS

Parents of Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS

Father

Jean-Baptiste DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS

Mother

Marguerite BERIAULT

Grandparents of Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS

Paternal grandparents

Jean ADENE Genevieve DASSYLVA dite PORTUGAIS

Maternal grandparents

Charles-Olivier BARIAU (BARIAULT) Reine BOUCHER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS

Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS married

Antoinette DUCHESNE
Marriage date: 22 January 1822
Marriage place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Antoinette DUCHESNE was the child of Rene-Abraham-Samson DUCHESNE and Felicite-Veronique DESBIENS

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS and Antoinette DUCHESNE

Alphonse DASSYLVA

Born: 26 January 1828, La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Died: 10 February 1896, St-Fidele, Quebec, Canada

Married: Olive BOUCHARD 26 September 1848 Place: La Malbaie, Canada East

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Joseph's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1798
4 October 1798
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS and Antoinette DUCHESNE 22 January 1822, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

He was 23 years old.

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)

1828 Birth of Child
Alphonse DASSYLVA was born 26 January 1828, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 29 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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)

1848 Marriage of Child
Alphonse DASSYLVA married 26 September 1848, La Malbaie, Canada East to Olive BOUCHARD

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.