Catherine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN

(b. 6 February 1791 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada d. 27 September 1876 , Coteau-du-Lac, Québec, Canada )

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Catherine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN was born 6 February 1791 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

Catherine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARTIN and Marie-Antoinette LEVAC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MARTIN dit ST-JEAN and Josephe FOUCHER dite LEVITRE (maternal) Martin LEVAC and Josephte RHÉAUME

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

Catherine married Joseph SAUVÉ 17 October 1808 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph SAUVÉ was born 10 March 1785 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Joseph died 23 February 1856 in Coteau-du-Lac, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-du-Coteau-du-Lac). Joseph was the child of Eustache SAUVÉ and Louise SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE.

Catherine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN died 27 September 1876 in Coteau-du-Lac, Québec, 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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Catherine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN married

Joseph SAUVÉ-- Date: 17 October 1808 Place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Joseph SAUVÉ was the child of Eustache SAUVÉ and Louise SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE

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Children of Joseph SAUVÉ and Catherine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN:

Catherine SAUVÉ (b.3 October 1825, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada d. 28 January 1907, St-Raphael, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada)
m. Charles LEVAC 19 April 1842 in Coteau-du-Lac, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-du-Coteau-du-Lac)

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1791 Birth
6 February 1791
Les Cèdres, Lower Canada

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

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

1808 Marriage / Partner
Catherine MARTIN dite ST-JEAN and Joseph SAUVÉ 17 October 1808, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

She was 17 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)

1825 Birth of Child
Catherine SAUVÉ was born 3 October 1825, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Catherine was 34 years old.

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)

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Catherine SAUVÉ married 19 April 1842, Coteau-du-Lac, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-du-Coteau-du-Lac) to Charles LEVAC

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.

1856 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph SAUVÉ died 23 February 1856, Coteau-du-Lac, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-du-Coteau-du-Lac)

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.