Petronille LAFORGE dite ST-GELAIS

Born

18 October 1818 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Died

13 September 1865 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

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Joseph ST-GELAIS Josephte GUAY

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Born: 18 October 1818 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph ST-GELAIS

Mother: Josephte GUAY

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie BRADETTE dit ST-GELAIS , Genevieve BELLEY

Maternal grandparents: Francois-Sauveur GUAY , Dorothee-Victoire GRENON

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Petronille married Fereol MAILLOUX 19 August 1845 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Fereol MAILLOUX was born 18 December 1821 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Fereol died 15 September 1879 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Fereol was the child of Elisee MAILLOUX and Marie-Anne PERRON.

Petronille LAFORGE dite ST-GELAIS died 13 September 1865 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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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Petronille LAFORGE dite ST-GELAIS married

Fereol MAILLOUX
Marriage date: 19 August 1845
Marriage place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East

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Fereol MAILLOUX was the child of Elisee MAILLOUX and Marie-Anne PERRON

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Children of Fereol MAILLOUX and Petronille LAFORGE dite ST-GELAIS

Marie-Josephine MAILLOUX

Born: 14 June 1848, Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada East
Died: 18 April 1918, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Married: Andre TREMBLAY 18 July 1882 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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Birth — 1818
18 October 1818
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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

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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Petronille LAFORGE dite ST-GELAIS and Fereol MAILLOUX 19 August 1845, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

She was 26 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephine MAILLOUX was born 14 June 1848, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Petronille was 29 years old.

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)