Marie Anne GATE dite BELLEFLEUR

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23 January 1796 , Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

9 October 1874 , Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

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Born: 23 January 1796 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

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Marie Anne married Augustin PELLETIER 1 June 1818 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin PELLETIER was born 2 August 1796 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Augustin died 25 November 1877 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston).

Marie Anne GATE dite BELLEFLEUR died 9 October 1874 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, 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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Marie Anne GATE dite BELLEFLEUR married

Augustin PELLETIER
Marriage date: 1 June 1818
Marriage place: Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Children of Augustin PELLETIER and Marie Anne GATE dite BELLEFLEUR

Sophie PELLETIER

Born: 1 October 1820, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Simon-Jules THERRIEN 26 February 1838 Place: , New Brunswick, Canada

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Birth — 1796
23 January 1796
Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, 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.

1818 Marriage / Partner
Marie Anne GATE dite BELLEFLEUR and Augustin PELLETIER 1 June 1818, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston)

She was 22 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Sophie PELLETIER was born 1 October 1820, Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada (Edmundston)

Marie Anne was 24 years old.

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

1838 Marriage of Child
Sophie PELLETIER married 26 February 1838, , New Brunswick, Canada to Simon-Jules THERRIEN

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

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.