Thomas  SURPRENANT dit LAFONTAINE

Born

21 December 1791 ,  La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

31 August 1848 ,  Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East

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Born: 21 December 1791 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Father: André SURPRENANT dit LAFONTAINE

Mother: Marie-Josephe BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

Paternal grandparents: Marin SURPRENANT dit LAFONTAINE , Marie-Marguerite MARIER dite STE-MARIE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) , Anne MEUNIER

Thomas SURPRENANT dit LAFONTAINE died 31 August 1848 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, 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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Birth — 1791
21 December 1791
La Prairie, Lower Canada

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

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

 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)

Death — 1848
31 August 1848
Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East
He died at the age of 56.

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