Mathilde MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ

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13 June 1823 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Died

24 January 1858 , Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East

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Louis MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ Marie RICHARD

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Born: 13 June 1823 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Father: Louis MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ

Mother: Marie RICHARD

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Marie MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ , Rosalie RICHARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste RICHARD , Thérèse GAGNE

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Mathilde married Achille GAUTHIER 12 November 1839 in Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Achille GAUTHIER was born 13 March 1819 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Achille died 30 June 1888 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee). Achille was the child of François GAUTHIER and Geneviève TREMBLAY.

Mathilde MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ died 24 January 1858 in Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, 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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Mathilde MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ married

Achille GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 12 November 1839
Marriage place: Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada
Achille GAUTHIER was the child of François GAUTHIER and Geneviève TREMBLAY

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Children of Achille GAUTHIER and Mathilde MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ

Lumina GAUTHIER

Born: 13 July 1853, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Canada East
Died: 3 June 1936, Desbiens, Canada

Married: Ubald TREMBLAY 6 February 1877 Place: Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

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Birth — 1823
13 June 1823
La Malbaie, Lower Canada

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Mathilde MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ and Achille GAUTHIER 12 November 1839, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

She was 16 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Lumina GAUTHIER was born 13 July 1853, Saint-Irénée, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada (St-Irenee)

Mathilde was 30 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.