Died: 15 October 1954, Messines, Québec, Canada
Thomas-Sévère-Pierre CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES
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Marriage date: 24 June 1851
Marriage place: Ottawa, Canada West
Children of Thomas-Sévère-Pierre CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES and Marie-Éva DUSSAULT
Died: 15 October 1954, Messines, Québec, Canada
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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6 June 1823
Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada
Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
Thomas-Sévère-Pierre CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES and Marie-Éva DUSSAULT 24 June 1851, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
He was 28 years old.
Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1869 Birth of ChildGeorges-Arthur ST-JACQUES was born 12 October 1869, Bouchette, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Québec, Canada
Thomas-Sévère-Pierre was 46 years old.
The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
23 August 1910
Gracefield, Gatineau, Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 87.
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