Marguerite ORION dite CHAMPAGNE

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30 October 1794 , Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

24 June 1873 , Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

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Firmin ORION dit CHAMPAGNE Marguerite-Judith GAUDET

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Born: 30 October 1794 in Nicolet, Lower Canada

Father: Firmin ORION dit CHAMPAGNE

Mother: Marguerite-Judith GAUDET

Paternal grandparents: Charles ORION dit CHAMPAGNE (ORILLON) , Anne Jeanne RICHARD

Maternal grandparents: Joseph GAUDET , Marie Josephe COMEAU

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Marguerite married Pierre CLOUTIER 31 May 1813 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre CLOUTIER was born 14 January 1794 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Pierre died 28 February 1873 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of François CLOUTIER and Antoinette LAPLANTE.

Marguerite ORION dite CHAMPAGNE died 24 June 1873 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, 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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Marguerite ORION dite CHAMPAGNE married

Pierre CLOUTIER
Marriage date: 31 May 1813
Marriage place: Nicolet, Lower Canada
Pierre CLOUTIER was the child of François CLOUTIER and Antoinette LAPLANTE

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Children of Pierre CLOUTIER and Marguerite ORION dite CHAMPAGNE

Marie CLOUTIER

Born: 2 October 1814, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 3 December 1853, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Canada East

Married: Elie-Olivier LEBLANC 22 November 1831 Place: Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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Birth — 1794
30 October 1794
Nicolet, Lower Canada

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite ORION dite CHAMPAGNE and Pierre CLOUTIER 31 May 1813, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

She was 18 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Marie CLOUTIER was born 2 October 1814, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marguerite was 19 years old.

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

1831 Marriage of Child
Marie CLOUTIER married 22 November 1831, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Elie-Olivier LEBLANC

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

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.

1853 Death of Child
Marie CLOUTIER died 3 December 1853, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 59 years old.

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.