Athalie DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

Born

15 May 1803 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Died

25 March 1867 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East

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Laurent DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD Genevieve BACON

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Born: 15 May 1803 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

Father: Laurent DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD

Mother: Genevieve BACON

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Rene DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD , Jeanne Anne ALAIN

Maternal grandparents: Alexis BACON , Marie-Geneviève DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

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Athalie married Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT 24 August 1819 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT was born 26 October 1798 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 24 February 1873 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Guillaume-Pierre MALENFANT and Marie-Josephte LEVESQUE.

Athalie DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD died 25 March 1867 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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Athalie DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD married

Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT
Marriage date: 24 August 1819
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT was the child of Guillaume-Pierre MALENFANT and Marie-Josephte LEVESQUE

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Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT

Born: 11 January 1822, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Died: 26 June 1886, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Married: Genevieve KIROUAC 16 January 1844 Place: L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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Birth — 1803
15 May 1803
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Athalie DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD and Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT 24 August 1819, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

She was 16 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT was born 11 January 1822, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Athalie was 18 years old.

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MALENFANT married 16 January 1844, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Genevieve KIROUAC

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.

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)