Eustache DIEL dit YELLE

(b. 21 January 1782 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 November 1868 , Napierville, Québec, Canada )

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Eustache DIEL dit YELLE was born 21 January 1782 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Eustache DIEL dit YELLE was the child of Eustache DIEL dit YELLE and Charlotte LEFEBVRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Eustache DIEL dit YELLE and Marie-Angélique CAILLÉ (maternal) Louis LEFEBVRE and Françoise PINSONNEAULT dite LAFLEUR

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Eustache married Charlotte LUSSIER 16 February 1801 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte LUSSIER was born 16 May 1774 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Charlotte was the child of Michel LUSSIER and Victoire ÉDELINE dite DELISLE.

Eustache DIEL dit YELLE died 28 November 1868 in Napierville, 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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Family and Children of Eustache DIEL dit YELLE

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Eustache DIEL dit YELLE married

Charlotte LUSSIER-- Date: 16 February 1801 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Charlotte LUSSIER was the child of Michel LUSSIER and Victoire ÉDELINE dite DELISLE

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Children of Eustache DIEL dit YELLE and Charlotte LUSSIER:

Victoria YELLE (DIEL) (b.20 August 1802, La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 25 September 1834, Napierville, Lower Canada )
m. Andre FOUCREAU 30 September 1833 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1782 Birth
21 January 1782
La Prairie, 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)

1801 Marriage / Partner
Eustache DIEL dit YELLE and Charlotte LUSSIER 16 February 1801 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 19 years old.

1802 Birth of Child
Victoria YELLE (DIEL) was born 20 August 1802, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Eustache was 20 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

1833 Marriage of Child
Victoria YELLE (DIEL) married 30 September 1833, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Andre FOUCREAU

1834 Death of Child
Victoria YELLE (DIEL) died 25 September 1834, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Eustache 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

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)

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.