Joseph-Romain ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT

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28 February 1811 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

Died

8 June 1885 , Richmond, Québec, Canada

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Pierre-Francois ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT Marie-Veronique LEROUX

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Born: 28 February 1811 in L'Islet, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre-Francois ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT

Mother: Marie-Veronique LEROUX

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Jerome ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT , Elisabeth TONDREAU

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LEROUX , Françoise-Ursule CARON

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Joseph-Romain married Marie LAHAIE 21 January 1840 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie LAHAIE was born 5 June 1816 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie died 22 October 1877 in Richmond, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Louis LAHAIE dit LEPELE and Marie-Veronique LEMAIRE.

Joseph-Romain ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT died 8 June 1885 in Richmond, 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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Spouse & Children of Joseph-Romain ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT

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Joseph-Romain ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT married

Marie LAHAIE
Marriage date: 21 January 1840
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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Marie LAHAIE was the child of Louis LAHAIE dit LEPELE and Marie-Veronique LEMAIRE

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Children of Joseph-Romain ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie LAHAIE

Marie ST-PIERRE

Born: 15 December 1850, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Canada East
Died: 25 April 1886, Richmond, Québec, Canada

Married: Louis TREMBLAY 18 November 1879 Place: Richmond, Québec, Canada

Delina ST PIERRE

Born: 28 December 1856, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Canada East
Died: 14 April 1948, Cleveland, Richmond, Canada

Married: Gregoire TREMBLAY 26 January 1880

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Birth — 1811
28 February 1811
L'Islet, 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

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

1840 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Romain ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie LAHAIE 21 January 1840, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 28 years old.

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)

1850 Birth of Child
Marie ST-PIERRE was born 15 December 1850, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Québec, Canada (St-Zephirin)

Joseph-Romain was 39 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1856 Birth of Child
Delina ST PIERRE was born 28 December 1856, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, Québec, Canada (St-Zephirin)

Joseph-Romain was 45 years old.

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.