Alexandre BELISLE dit GERMAIN

Born

6 December 1807 , Deschambault, Lower Canada

Died

2 December 1886 , Somerset, St Croix, Wisconsin, USA

Alexandre married Elisabeth GOSSELIN 14 June 1831 in Deschambault, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Elisabeth GOSSELIN was born 29 June 1812 in Deschambault, Lower Canada . Elisabeth died 2 November 1880 in Somerset, St Croix, Wisconsin, USA. Elisabeth was the child of Michel GOSSELIN and Francoise TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN) .

Parents & Family of Alexandre BELISLE dit GERMAIN

Parents of Alexandre BELISLE dit GERMAIN

Father

Augustin BELISLE dit GERMAIN

Mother

Marguerite NAULT

Grandparents of Alexandre BELISLE dit GERMAIN

Paternal grandparents

Joseph BELISLE Marie-Louise ARCAND

Maternal grandparents

Bonaventure NAULT Marie-Anne TROTTIER

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Alexandre BELISLE dit GERMAIN

Alexandre BELISLE dit GERMAIN married

Elisabeth GOSSELIN
Marriage date: 14 June 1831
Marriage place: Deschambault, Lower Canada

See marriage record for Alexandre BELISLE dit GERMAIN and Elisabeth GOSSELIN
Elisabeth GOSSELIN was the child of Michel GOSSELIN and Francoise TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN)

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

Children of Alexandre BELISLE dit GERMAIN and Elisabeth GOSSELIN

Elise BELISLE

Born: 18 February 1838, Deschambault, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 31 May 1870 Place: Deschambault, Québec, Canada

Alfred Joseph BELISLE

Born: 21 May 1843, Deschambault, Canada East
Died: 3 October 1921, Georgetown, Polk, Wisconsin, USA

Married: Marie Rose LABONNE 5 February 1880

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Alexandre'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 — 1807
6 December 1807
Deschambault, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

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)

1831 Marriage / Partner
Alexandre BELISLE dit GERMAIN and Elisabeth GOSSELIN 14 June 1831, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

He was 23 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Elise BELISLE was born 18 February 1838, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Alexandre was 30 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Birth of Child
Alfred Joseph BELISLE was born 21 May 1843, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Alexandre was 35 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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1870 Marriage of Child
Elise BELISLE married 31 May 1870, Deschambault, Québec, Canada to Joseph TREMBLAY

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)