Marie-Paule-Apolline MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS

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23 December 1795 , Varennes, Lower Canada

Died

4 January 1852 , Varennes, Canada East

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Augustin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU

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Born: 23 December 1795 in Varennes, Lower Canada

Father: Augustin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS

Mother: Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU

Paternal grandparents: Joseph MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS , Marie-Josephte MONGEAU

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Charles LOISEAU (LOZEAU) , Marie-Madeleine LUSSIER

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Marie-Paule-Apolline married Louis JODOIN 28 September 1812 in Varennes, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis JODOIN was born 17 August 1793 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Louis died 30 May 1851 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Louis was the child of Joseph JODOIN and Angelique DALPE dite PARISEAU.

Marie-Paule-Apolline MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS died 4 January 1852 in Varennes, Canada East .

married Louis Jodoin, 28 September 1812, Varennes, Quebec

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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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Marie-Paule-Apolline MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS married

Louis JODOIN
Marriage date: 28 September 1812
Marriage place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Louis JODOIN was the child of Joseph JODOIN and Angelique DALPE dite PARISEAU

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Eloise JODOIN

Born: 31 March 1824, Varennes, Lower Canada
Died: 5 February 1854, Sainte-Julie, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada

Married: Antoine GAUTHIER 18 January 1842 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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Birth — 1795
23 December 1795
Varennes, Lower Canada

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Paule-Apolline MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS and Louis JODOIN 28 September 1812, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 16 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)

1824 Birth of Child
Eloise JODOIN was born 31 March 1824, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Marie-Paule-Apolline was 28 years old.

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Eloise JODOIN married 18 January 1842, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Antoine GAUTHIER

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)