Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN

Born

22 March 1781 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

21 March 1860 , Saint-Aimé, Canada East

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Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN Marie-Catherine HAZEUR

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Born: 22 March 1781 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN

Mother: Marie-Catherine HAZEUR

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN , Marie-Madeleine FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE

Maternal grandparents: Michel DEMURIES dit HAZEUR GAMELIN , Marie-Madeleine BIBEAU

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Joseph married Marie-Jeanne GIGUERE 28 October 1805 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Marie-Jeanne GIGUERE was born 8 January 1783 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Jeanne died 2 November 1832 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Jeanne was the child of Jean-Baptiste GIGUERE and Marie-Jeanne PEPIN.

Joseph married (2) Josephte BENOIT 28 October 1833 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Josephte BENOIT was born 23 August 1808 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Josephte died 15 November 1838 in Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime). Josephte was the child of Joseph BENOIT and Charlotte LANDRY.

Joseph married (3) Genevieve BADAYAC dite LAPLANTE 15 April 1839 in Saint-Aimé, Lower Canada . Genevieve BADAYAC dite LAPLANTE was born 19 July 1806 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Genevieve died 17 December 1872 in Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime). Genevieve was the child of Jean-Baptiste BADAYAC dit LAPLANTE and Marie-Rose DANIS.

Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN died 21 March 1860 in Saint-Aimé, Canada East .
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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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Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN married

Marie-Jeanne GIGUERE
Marriage date: 28 October 1805
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Marie-Jeanne GIGUERE was the child of Jean-Baptiste GIGUERE and Marie-Jeanne PEPIN

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Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN married

Josephte BENOIT
Marriage date: 28 October 1833
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Josephte BENOIT was the child of Joseph BENOIT and Charlotte LANDRY

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Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN married

Genevieve BADAYAC dite LAPLANTE
Marriage date: 15 April 1839
Marriage place: Saint-Aimé, Lower Canada
Genevieve BADAYAC dite LAPLANTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BADAYAC dit LAPLANTE and Marie-Rose DANIS

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Birth — 1781
22 March 1781
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1805 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Jeanne GIGUERE 28 October 1805, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 24 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

1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Jeanne GIGUERE died 2 November 1832, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

1833 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Josephte BENOIT 28 October 1833, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 52 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Josephte BENOIT died 15 November 1838, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Genevieve BADAYAC dite LAPLANTE 15 April 1839, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime)

He was 58 years old.

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

Death — 1860
21 March 1860
Saint-Aimé, Canada East
He died at the age of 79.

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