Ambroise LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

Born

24 September 1775 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

5 May 1850 , Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Joliette, Quebec, Canada

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Louis LAPORTE Angelique GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

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Born: 24 September 1775 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Louis LAPORTE

Mother: Angelique GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES , Antoinette CUSSON

Maternal grandparents: Charles GAUTHIER dit LANDREVILLE , Marie-Angélique LACASSE

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Ambroise married Marie-Desanges FOREST 24 February 1800 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Desanges FOREST was born 4 June 1784 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Desanges died 9 March 1839 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie). Marie-Desanges was the child of Simon FOREST and Rosalie RICHARD.

Ambroise LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES died 5 May 1850 in Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Joliette, Quebec, 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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Ambroise LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES married

Marie-Desanges FOREST
Marriage date: 24 February 1800
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Marie-Desanges FOREST was the child of Simon FOREST and Rosalie RICHARD

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Children of Ambroise LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Desanges FOREST

Andre LAPORTE

Born: 15 April 1804, Joliette, Lower Canada
Died: 29 March 1863, Saint-Liboire, Canada East

Married: Isabelle TELMOSSE 10 February 1829 Place: Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

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Birth — 1775
24 September 1775
L'Assomption, 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)

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

1800 Marriage / Partner
Ambroise LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Desanges FOREST 24 February 1800, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 24 years old.

1804 Birth of Child
Andre LAPORTE was born 15 April 1804, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

Ambroise was 28 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

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)

1829 Marriage of Child
Andre LAPORTE married 10 February 1829, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie) to Isabelle TELMOSSE

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Desanges FOREST died 9 March 1839, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

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)

Death — 1850
5 May 1850
Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Joliette, Quebec, Canada
He died at the age of 74.

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