flag female ancestor  Celina-Marie-Emilie  DECELLES dite DUCLOS

  (b. 25 March 1821 Varennes, Lower Canada   d. 8 October 1900 Acton Vale, Québec, Canada )  

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Celina-Marie-Emilie DECELLES dite DUCLOS was born 25 March 1821 in Varennes, Lower Canada

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Celina-Marie-Emilie  married  Jonas-Donat-Joseph-Jean FONTAINE dit BIENVENU 1 February 1842 in Saint-Hugues, Canada East .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jonas-Donat-Joseph-Jean FONTAINE dit BIENVENU  was born 2 June 1812 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur).  Jonas-Donat-Joseph-Jean died 18 October 1869 in Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton). 

Celina-Marie-Emilie DECELLES dite DUCLOS died 8 October 1900 in Acton Vale, Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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 married flag male ancestor Jonas-Donat-Joseph-Jean FONTAINE dit BIENVENU-- Date: 1 February 1842 Place: Saint-Hugues, Canada East


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birth1821 Birth
25 March 1821
Varennes, Lower Canada
Kings and Queens1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
Kings and Queens1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
News1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
marriage1842 Marriage / Partner
Celina-Marie-Emilie DECELLES dite DUCLOS and Jonas-Donat-Joseph-Jean FONTAINE dit BIENVENU 1 February 1842, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
News1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.
News1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
News1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.
1860 Birth of Child
Onesime-Marie FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE was born 12/24/1860, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Celina-Marie-Emilie was 39 years old.
News1867 - 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.
Prime Minister of Canada1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1869 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jonas-Donat-Joseph-Jean FONTAINE dit BIENVENU died 18 October 1869, Acton Vale, Québec, Canada (Saint-André-d'Acton)
Prime Minister of Canada1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
marriage1884 Marriage of Child
Onesime-Marie FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE married 24 November 1884, Upton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ephrem-d'Upton) to Adelard HOULE
News1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)
News1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.
Prime Minister of Canada1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister of Canada1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada
death1900 Death
8 October 1900
Acton Vale, Québec, Canada

She died at the age of 79.
Added: 10/11/2025 9:00:57 PM - Updated: 10/11/2025 9:01:27 PM

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