Louise-Monique GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN

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4 May 1794 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

25 September 1873 , Saint-David, Québec, Canada

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Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN Marie-Catherine HAZEUR

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Born: 4 May 1794 in Yamaska, Lower 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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Louise-Monique married Pierre-Jean-Baptiste LAUZON 30 September 1811 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Jean-Baptiste LAUZON was born 24 November 1786 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Pierre-Jean-Baptiste died 22 July 1873 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska). Pierre-Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre LAURENT dit LAUZON and Marie DANIS dite TOURANGEAU.

Louise-Monique GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN died 25 September 1873 in Saint-David, 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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Louise-Monique GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN married

Pierre-Jean-Baptiste LAUZON
Marriage date: 30 September 1811
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Pierre-Jean-Baptiste LAUZON was the child of Pierre LAURENT dit LAUZON and Marie DANIS dite TOURANGEAU

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Marie LAUZON

Born: 20 July 1816, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 4 January 1888, Saint-David, Québec, Canada

Married: Michel JOYAL 3 February 1845 Place: Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

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Birth — 1794
4 May 1794
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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

1811 Marriage / Partner
Louise-Monique GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN and Pierre-Jean-Baptiste LAUZON 30 September 1811, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 17 years old.

1816 Birth of Child
Marie LAUZON was born 20 July 1816, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louise-Monique was 22 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

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 of Child
Marie LAUZON married 3 February 1845, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska) to Michel JOYAL

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.