Basile PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS

Born

22 November 1813 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

Died

6 August 1902 , Sts-Anges, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

Basile married Sophie JACOB 14 February 1843 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sophie JACOB was born 19 November 1820 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada. Sophie died 3 July 1896 in Sts-Anges, Beauce, Quebec, Canada. Sophie was the child of François JACOB and Angélique ROY .

Parents & Family of Basile PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS

Parents of Basile PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS

Father

Basile DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD

Mother

Marie-Reine ROY

Grandparents of Basile PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS

Paternal grandparents

Augustin DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD Theotiste-Clotilde THIBAULT

Maternal grandparents

Joseph ROY Geneviève BOULET

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Basile PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS

Basile PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS married

Sophie JACOB
Marriage date: 14 February 1843
Marriage place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East
Sophie JACOB was the child of François JACOB and Angélique ROY

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Basile PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS and Sophie JACOB

Agnes PICARD

Born: 26 September 1861, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East
Died: abt. 1915,

Married: Cyrille TURMEL 25 July 1881

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Basile's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1813
22 November 1813
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Basile PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS and Sophie JACOB 14 February 1843, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 29 years old.

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

1861 Birth of Child
Agnes PICARD was born 26 September 1861, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Basile was 47 years old.

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.