Elisabeth MEYER dite CHRISTIANE

Born

8 January 1789 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

29 November 1846 , St-Thomas, Joliette, Quebec, Canada

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Born: 8 January 1789 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Elisabeth MEYER dite CHRISTIANE

Father

Jean Christian MEYER (MEYOR)

Mother

Catherine-Marguerite JOLY

Grandparents of Elisabeth MEYER dite CHRISTIANE

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Joseph JOLY dit DELBEC Marie-Josephte PARIS dite LAMADELEINE

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Elisabeth married Joseph COMTOIS dit GILBERT 18 January 1808 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph COMTOIS dit GILBERT was born 31 December 1786 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph was the child of Antoine GILBERT dit COMTOIS and Marie LAPORTE.

Elisabeth MEYER dite CHRISTIANE died 29 November 1846 in St-Thomas, Joliette, Quebec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Elisabeth MEYER dite CHRISTIANE

Elisabeth MEYER dite CHRISTIANE married

Joseph COMTOIS dit GILBERT
Marriage date: 18 January 1808
Marriage place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Joseph COMTOIS dit GILBERT was the child of Antoine GILBERT dit COMTOIS and Marie LAPORTE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Joseph COMTOIS dit GILBERT and Elisabeth MEYER dite CHRISTIANE

Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS

Born: 22 April 1811, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Died: 17 June 1894, St-Thomas de Joliette, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU 30 June 1828

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1789
8 January 1789
Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1808 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth MEYER dite CHRISTIANE and Joseph COMTOIS dit GILBERT 18 January 1808, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 19 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS was born 22 April 1811, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth was 22 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