Joseph ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON

Born

5 July 1771 , Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

22 October 1833 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

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Joseph-Marie ELIE dit BRETON Jeanne VACHON

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Joseph ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON was born 5 July 1771 in Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON was the child of Joseph-Marie ELIE dit BRETON and Jeanne VACHON

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU dite RÉMILLARD (maternal) Jean-Baptiste VACHON and Angélique GARNIER (GRENIER)

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Joseph married Marie-Louise POULIN 10 February 1794 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Louise POULIN was born 9 February 1769 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 20 May 1850 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Marie-Louise was the child of Claude POULIN and Marie-Marguerite CLICHE.

Joseph ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON died 22 October 1833 in Sainte-Marie, Lower 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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Family and Children of Joseph ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON

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Joseph ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON married

Marie-Louise POULIN-- Date: 10 February 1794 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
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Marie-Louise POULIN was the child of Claude POULIN and Marie-Marguerite CLICHE

Children of Joseph ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON and Marie-Louise POULIN

Marie ELIE dite BRETON (b.4 June 1798, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 17 January 1840, Québec, Lower Canada )

Pierre ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON (b.2 March 1801, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 21 June 1894, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada )
m. Catherine BISSON 2 October 1821 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Marie-Ursule ELIE dite BRETON (b.16 February 1803, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 17 May 1873, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada)

Marie-Elisabeth ELIE dite BRETON (b.3 January 1805, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 1 June 1853, Sainte-Marie, Canada East )

Rosalie ELIE dite BRETON (b.15 July 1807, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. 17 January 1884, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)

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1771 Birth
5 July 1771
Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

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)

1794 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON and Marie-Louise POULIN 10 February 1794, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1798 Birth of Child
Marie ELIE dite BRETON was born 4 June 1798, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Joseph was 26 years old.

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

1801 Birth of Child
Pierre ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON was born 2 March 1801, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Joseph was 29 years old.

1803 Birth of Child
Marie-Ursule ELIE dite BRETON was born 16 February 1803, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Joseph was 31 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Marie-Elisabeth ELIE dite BRETON was born 3 January 1805, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Joseph was 33 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Rosalie ELIE dite BRETON was born 15 July 1807, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Joseph was 36 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