Jonas-Donat-Joseph-Jean FONTAINE dit BIENVENU

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2 June 1812 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Died

18 October 1869 , Acton Vale, Québec, Canada

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Jonas-Donat-Joseph-Jean FONTAINE dit BIENVENU was born 2 June 1812 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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Jonas-Donat-Joseph-Jean married Celina-Marie-Emilie DECELLES dite DUCLOS 1 February 1842 in Saint-Hugues, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Celina-Marie-Emilie DECELLES dite DUCLOS was born 25 March 1821 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Celina-Marie-Emilie died 8 October 1900 in Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton).

Jonas-Donat-Joseph-Jean FONTAINE dit BIENVENU died 18 October 1869 in Acton Vale, 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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Celina-Marie-Emilie DECELLES dite DUCLOS-- Date: 1 February 1842 Place: Saint-Hugues, Canada East

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Children of Jonas-Donat-Joseph-Jean FONTAINE dit BIENVENU and Celina-Marie-Emilie DECELLES dite DUCLOS

Onesime-Marie FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE (b.12/24/1860, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East d. 01/11/1937, Upton, Québec, Canada )
m. Adelard HOULE 24 November 1884 in Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton)

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1812 Birth
2 June 1812
Saint-Hyacinthe, 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)

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 / Partner
Jonas-Donat-Joseph-Jean FONTAINE dit BIENVENU and Celina-Marie-Emilie DECELLES dite DUCLOS 1 February 1842, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

He was 29 years old.

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

1860 Birth of Child
Onesime-Marie FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE was born 12/24/1860, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Jonas-Donat-Joseph-Jean was 48 years old.

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.