Sophie DRAGON dite QUAY

Born

30 August 1814 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Died

24 April 1865 , Saint-Jude, Canada East

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Andre DRAGON Felicite DUDEVOIR

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Born: 30 August 1814 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Father: Andre DRAGON

Mother: Felicite DUDEVOIR

Paternal grandparents: Hippolyte GUAY dit DARAGON , Agathe LUSSIER

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Claude DUDEVOIR , Marie-Felix-Felicite GODU

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Sophie married Pierre-Germain PHANEUF 31 May 1853 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East . Pierre-Germain PHANEUF was born 15 November 1824 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Pierre-Germain died 14 April 1904 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Germain was the child of Pierre-Germain PHANEUF and Marie-Rosalie ARCHAMBAULT.

Sophie DRAGON dite QUAY died 24 April 1865 in Saint-Jude, 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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Sophie DRAGON dite QUAY married

Pierre-Germain PHANEUF
Marriage date: 31 May 1853
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Pierre-Germain PHANEUF was the child of Pierre-Germain PHANEUF and Marie-Rosalie ARCHAMBAULT

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Birth — 1814
30 August 1814
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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

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)

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

1853 Marriage / Partner
Sophie DRAGON dite QUAY and Pierre-Germain PHANEUF 31 May 1853, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She was 38 years old.

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)