Luce JANTON (GENTON) dite DAUPHINÉ (DAUPHINAIS)

Born

8 June 1824 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Died

15 November 1882 , Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Noel JANTON dit DAUPHINÉ (DAUPHINAIS)Marie-Anne-Louise BEAUBIEN dite TROTTIER

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Born: 8 June 1824 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Father: Noel JANTON dit DAUPHINÉ (DAUPHINAIS)

Mother: Marie-Anne-Louise BEAUBIEN dite TROTTIER

Paternal grandparents: François-Xavier JANTON dit DAUPHINÉ (DAUPHINAIS) , Marguerite DUPRA dite PRATTE

Maternal grandparents: Antoine BEAUBIEN TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX , Marie-Thérèse PARENT

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

Luce married Ignace CHEVALIER 5 October 1846 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Ignace CHEVALIER was born abt. 1823 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Ignace died 24 May 1883 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).

Luce JANTON (GENTON) dite DAUPHINÉ (DAUPHINAIS) died 15 November 1882 in Sorel, 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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Luce JANTON (GENTON) dite DAUPHINÉ (DAUPHINAIS) married

Ignace CHEVALIER
Marriage date: 5 October 1846
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East

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Children of Ignace CHEVALIER and Luce JANTON (GENTON) dite DAUPHINÉ (DAUPHINAIS)

Henri-William CHEVALIER

Born: 8 November 1848, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 7 March 1927, Sorel, Québec, Canada

Joseph CHEVALIER

Born: 7 September 1855, Sorel, Canada East
Died: 4 November 1885, Sorel, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1824
8 June 1824
Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

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

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)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Luce JANTON (GENTON) dite DAUPHINÉ (DAUPHINAIS) and Ignace CHEVALIER 5 October 1846, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 22 years old.

Luce JANTON (GENTON) dite DAUPHINÉ (DAUPHINAIS) - 1846 marriage

1846 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1848 Birth of Child
Henri-William CHEVALIER was born 8 November 1848, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Luce was 24 years old.

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.

1855 Birth of Child
Joseph CHEVALIER was born 7 September 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Luce was 31 years old.

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.