Elisabeth LATOUR dite FORGET

Born

14 November 1823 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Died

6 March 1890 , Blackstone, Massachusetts, USA

Elisabeth married Maxime COUTU 23 September 1845 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Joliette, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Maxime COUTU was born 24 April 1823 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada . Maxime died 30 December 1869 in Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada.

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Elisabeth LATOUR dite FORGET married

Maxime COUTU
Marriage date: 23 September 1845
Marriage place: Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Joliette, Quebec, Canada

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Maxime COUTU and Elisabeth LATOUR dite FORGET

Marie-Adeline COUTU

Born: 5 December 1858, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Joseph-Victor LAPLANTE 17 November 1885 Place: Acton Vale, Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Elisabeth's Québec records.

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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Birth — 1823
14 November 1823
Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth LATOUR dite FORGET and Maxime COUTU 23 September 1845, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Joliette, Quebec, Canada

She was 21 years old.

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Marie-Adeline COUTU was born 5 December 1858, Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada (Headville)

Elisabeth was 35 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.