Eleonore TALON dite LESPERANCE

(b. 23 April 1824 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 8 December 1901 , Hull, Québec, Canada )

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Eleonore TALON dite LESPERANCE was born 23 April 1824 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Eleonore TALON dite LESPERANCE was the child of Joseph TALON dit LESPERANCE and Marie SAULNIER dite LACOULINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis TALON and Victoire GAUDREAU (maternal) Jean Baptiste SAULNIER and Genevieve POULIN

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Eleonore married Theophile BOULIANNE 10 February 1843 in La Baie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Theophile BOULIANNE was born 18 February 1820 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Theophile was the child of David BOULIANNE and Marie-Felicite GAUDREAU.

Eleonore TALON dite LESPERANCE died 8 December 1901 in Hull, Québec, 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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Eleonore TALON dite LESPERANCE married

Theophile BOULIANNE-- Date: 10 February 1843 Place: La Baie, Canada East

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Theophile BOULIANNE was the child of David BOULIANNE and Marie-Felicite GAUDREAU

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Children of Theophile BOULIANNE and Eleonore TALON dite LESPERANCE:

Delima BOULIANNE (b.29 August 1845, La Baie, Canada East d. , )
m. Michel TREMBLAY 31 August 1869 in Laterrière, Québec, Canada

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1824 Birth
23 April 1824
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Eleonore TALON dite LESPERANCE and Theophile BOULIANNE 10 February 1843, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

She was 18 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Birth of Child
Delima BOULIANNE was born 29 August 1845, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

Eleonore was 21 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)

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.