Felix PROULX dit CLEMENT

Born

15 April 1817 , Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada

Died

3 May 1864 , Ripon, Papineau, Canada East

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Born: 15 April 1817 in Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada

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Felix married Olympe LABRE 20 August 1849 in Vaudreuil, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Olympe LABRE was born 25 March 1833 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Olympe died 10 October 1883 in Chénéville, Papineau, Québec, Canada.

Felix PROULX dit CLEMENT died 3 May 1864 in Ripon, Papineau, Canada East.
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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)

Spouse & Children of Felix PROULX dit CLEMENT

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Felix PROULX dit CLEMENT married

Olympe LABRE
Marriage date: 20 August 1849
Marriage place: Vaudreuil, Canada East

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Children of Felix PROULX dit CLEMENT and Olympe LABRE

Napoleon Clement PROULX

Born: 2 August 1863, Ripon, Quebec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Suzanne-Émilia DENIS 22 August 1882

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Birth — 1817
15 April 1817
Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Felix PROULX dit CLEMENT and Olympe LABRE 20 August 1849, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

He was 32 years old.

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

1863 Birth of Child
Napoleon Clement PROULX was born 2 August 1863, Ripon, Quebec, Canada

Felix was 46 years old.