Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS

Born

22 April 1811 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Died

17 June 1894 , St-Thomas de Joliette, Québec, Canada

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Born: 22 April 1811 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Parents of Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS

Father

Joseph COMTOIS dit GILBERT

Mother

Elisabeth MEYER dite CHRISTIANE

Grandparents of Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS

Paternal grandparents

Antoine GILBERT dit COMTOIS Marie LAPORTE

Maternal grandparents

Jean Christian MEYER (MEYOR) Catherine-Marguerite JOLY

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

Esther married Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU 30 June 1828 in Ste-Elisabeth de Joliette, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU was born 22 October 1807 in Joliette, Lower Canada . Jean-Baptiste died 10 September 1892 in St-Thomas de Joliette, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU and Marguerite DEZIEL dite LABRECHE.

Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS died 17 June 1894 in St-Thomas de Joliette, Québec, Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS

Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS married

Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU
Marriage date: 30 June 1828
Marriage place: Ste-Elisabeth de Joliette, Quebec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU and Marguerite DEZIEL dite LABRECHE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU and Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS

Adeline MARTINEAU

Born: abt. 1838, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 June 1886,

Married: Francois LAPLANTE 15 February 1858

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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 — 1811
22 April 1811
Saint-Cuthbert, 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.

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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Esther GILBERT dite COMTOIS and Jean-Baptiste MARTINEAU 30 June 1828, Ste-Elisabeth de Joliette, Quebec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

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)

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)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.