Marguerite BELISLE dite CHEVREFILS

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3 March 1825 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

20 October 1906 , Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada

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Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE Marie HOUDE dite LECLERC

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Marguerite BELISLE dite CHEVREFILS was born 3 March 1825 in Québec Province, Canada

Marguerite BELISLE dite CHEVREFILS was the child of Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE and Marie HOUDE dite LECLERC

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph CHEVREFILS dit BELISLE and Marie-Thérèse MANSEAU dite ROBIDAS (maternal) Augustin-Claire HOUDE and Marie GILL

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Marguerite married Jacques CARPENTIER 25 November 1845 in Drummondville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jacques CARPENTIER was born abt. 1825 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jacques died 24 July 1903 in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Québec, Canada (Headville). Jacques was the child of Basile CARPENTIER and Françoise DUPUIS dite DUNORD.

Marguerite BELISLE dite CHEVREFILS died 20 October 1906 in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, 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 BELISLE dite CHEVREFILS married

Jacques CARPENTIER-- Date: 25 November 1845 Place: Drummondville, Canada East

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Jacques CARPENTIER was the child of Basile CARPENTIER and Françoise DUPUIS dite DUNORD

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Children of Jacques CARPENTIER and Marguerite BELISLE dite CHEVREFILS

Hermengilde CARPENTIER (b.abt. 1852, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie LEBLANC 12 February 1872

Marie CARPENTIER (b.abt. 1866, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Victor GIRARD 8 March 1886 in Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

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1825 Birth
3 March 1825
Québec Province, Canada

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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BELISLE dite CHEVREFILS and Jacques CARPENTIER 25 November 1845, Drummondville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Frédéric-de-Drummondville)

She was 20 years old.

Marguerite BELISLE dite CHEVREFILS - 1845 marriage

1845 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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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.