Charles CHAPDELAINE dit VALERIEN

(b. 3 February 1799 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 23 January 1873 , Bonaventure, Québec, Canada )

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Charles CHAPDELAINE dit VALERIEN was born 3 February 1799 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Charles CHAPDELAINE dit VALERIEN was the child of ? and ?

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Charles married Francoise ARSENAULT 18 April 1820 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise ARSENAULT was born September 1801 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).

Charles CHAPDELAINE dit VALERIEN died 23 January 1873 in Bonaventure, 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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Family and Children of Charles CHAPDELAINE dit VALERIEN

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Charles CHAPDELAINE dit VALERIEN married

Francoise ARSENAULT-- Date: 18 April 1820 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada

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Children of Charles CHAPDELAINE dit VALERIEN and Francoise ARSENAULT:

Nelson V (Narcisse) CHAPLAIN (CHAPDELAINE) (b.20 September 1836, Saint-David, Lower Canada d. 7 June 1922, Derry, New Hampshire, USA)
m. Mathilde Elizabeth BENOIT 18 May 1859 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

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1799 Birth
3 February 1799
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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 Marriage / Partner
Charles CHAPDELAINE dit VALERIEN and Francoise ARSENAULT 18 April 1820, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 21 years old.

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

1836 Birth of Child
Nelson V (Narcisse) CHAPLAIN (CHAPDELAINE) was born 20 September 1836, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

Charles was 37 years old.

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.

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Nelson V (Narcisse) CHAPLAIN (CHAPDELAINE) married 18 May 1859, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska) to Mathilde Elizabeth BENOIT

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.