Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND

(b. 22 February 1776 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 August 1840 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada )

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Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND was born 22 February 1776 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND was the child of Louis-Charles-Germain LEBRET dit ST-AMAND and Rose PAQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel LEBRET dit ST-AMAND and Catherine GAGNÉ (maternal) Pierre PAQUET and Marie-Angélique DUBE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Louis married Marie Louise BONNEAU 30 September 1799 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Louise BONNEAU was born abt. 1777

Louis married (2) Cecile OUELLET 21 August 1810 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Cecile OUELLET was born 28 February 1786 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Cecile died 12 March 1870 in St-Arsène, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. Cecile was the child of Antoine-Pierre OUELLET and Josephte SOUCY.

Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND died 21 August 1840 in La Pocatière, Lower 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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Family and Children of Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND

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Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND married

Marie Louise BONNEAU-- Date: 30 September 1799 Place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Children of Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND and Marie Louise BONNEAU:

Louis ST AMAND dit LEBRET (b.26 August 1800, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Priscille HUDON dite BEAULIEU 10 February 1823 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND married

Cecile OUELLET-- Date: 21 August 1810 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Cecile OUELLET was the child of Antoine-Pierre OUELLET and Josephte SOUCY

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Children of Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND and Cecile OUELLET:

Genevieve ST-AMAND (b.25 September 1820, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 25 December 1899, Saint-Félicien, Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada )
m. Louis PELLERIN 20 August 1844 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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1776 Birth
22 February 1776
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1799 Marriage / Partner
Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND and Marie Louise BONNEAU 30 September 1799, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 23 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1800 Birth of Child
Louis ST AMAND dit LEBRET was born 26 August 1800, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Louis was 24 years old.

1810 Marriage / Partner
Louis LEBRET dit ST-AMAND and Cecile OUELLET 21 August 1810, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 34 years old.

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

1820 Birth of Child
Genevieve ST-AMAND was born 25 September 1820, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Louis was 44 years old.

1823 Marriage of Child
Louis ST AMAND dit LEBRET married 10 February 1823, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Priscille HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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)