Joseph BRILLIANT BOURGAN dit NOOSEKEYAH

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abt. 1834 , Lesser Slave Lake, Big Lakes, North West Territories (Alberta), Canada

Died

abt. 1886 , Lesser Slave Lake, Big Lakes, North West Territories (Alberta), Canada

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Born: abt. 1834 in Lesser Slave Lake, Big Lakes, North West Territories (Alberta), Canada

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Joseph married Madeleine SURPRENANT 24 December 1854 in Edmonton, North West Territories (Alberta), Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine SURPRENANT was born 10 May 1837 in Lesser Slave Lake, Big Lakes, Alberta, Canada. Madeleine died abt. 1918 Madeleine was the child of Alexis SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY and Marie Anne MACOMTEHQUAYE IGNACE.

Joseph BRILLIANT BOURGAN dit NOOSEKEYAH died abt. 1886 in Lesser Slave Lake, Big Lakes, North West Territories (Alberta), Canada.
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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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Joseph BRILLIANT BOURGAN dit NOOSEKEYAH married

Madeleine SURPRENANT
Marriage date: 24 December 1854
Marriage place: Edmonton, North West Territories (Alberta), Canada
Madeleine SURPRENANT was the child of Alexis SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY and Marie Anne MACOMTEHQUAYE IGNACE

Children of Joseph BRILLIANT BOURGAN dit NOOSEKEYAH and Madeleine SURPRENANT

Caroline Noosekeyah BRILLANT

Born: 9 July 1861, Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Augustin Mack CARUFEL (GALLIFER) (CARIFELLE) 1874

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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.

1854 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BRILLIANT BOURGAN dit NOOSEKEYAH and Madeleine SURPRENANT 24 December 1854, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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

1861 Birth of Child
Caroline Noosekeyah BRILLANT was born 9 July 1861, Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada

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.