Jean-Baptiste LEONARD dit SIMON

(b. 16 May 1802 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada d. 30 April 1878 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LEONARD dit SIMON was born 16 May 1802 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste LEONARD dit SIMON was the child of Jean-Baptiste SIMON dit LÉONARD and Marie-Louise TARTRE dite LARIVIÈRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste SIMON dit LÉONARD and Marie-Therese RENAUD (RAYNAUD) dite BLANCHARD (maternal) François TARTRE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marie-Josephe BLENIER dite JARRY (BLEIGNER)

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

Jean-Baptiste married Rosalie SERRE 14 April 1823 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Rosalie SERRE was born abt. 1803 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Rosalie died 30 April 1878 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Rosalie was the child of Gabriel SERRE and Geneviève-Theotiste LEDUC.

Jean-Baptiste LEONARD dit SIMON died 30 April 1878 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, 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 Jean-Baptiste LEONARD dit SIMON

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Jean-Baptiste LEONARD dit SIMON married

Rosalie SERRE-- Date: 14 April 1823 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada
Rosalie SERRE was the child of Gabriel SERRE and Geneviève-Theotiste LEDUC

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Children of Jean-Baptiste LEONARD dit SIMON and Rosalie SERRE:

Jean-Baptiste LEONARD (b.3 February 1824, Montréal, Lower Canada d. , )

Gabriel LEONARD (b.abt. 1826, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Celine PROVENCAL 31 May 1848 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Adelaide-Adeline LEONARD (b.2 June 1827, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada d. , )

Francois-Xavier LEONARD (b.24 January 1829, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada d. , )

Flavie LEONARD (b.26 February 1831, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada d. 18 August 1831, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada)

Marie-Louise LEONARD (b.18 May 1832, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada d. , )

Sophie LEONARD (b.14 July 1834, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada d. , )

Henriette LEONARD (b.23 September 1835, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada d. 6 April 1918, Montréal, Québec, Canada )

Benjamin LEONARD (b.5 February 1838, Montréal, Lower Canada d. , )

Luc LEONARD (b.9 May 1843, Montréal, Canada East d. , )

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1802 Birth
16 May 1802
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, 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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEONARD dit SIMON and Rosalie SERRE 14 April 1823, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEONARD was born 3 February 1824, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 21 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Adelaide-Adeline LEONARD was born 2 June 1827, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier LEONARD was born 24 January 1829, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Flavie LEONARD was born 26 February 1831, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LEONARD was born 18 May 1832, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Sophie LEONARD was born 14 July 1834, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 32 years old.

1835 Birth of Child
Henriette LEONARD was born 23 September 1835, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 33 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

1838 Birth of Child
Benjamin LEONARD was born 5 February 1838, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

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)

1843 Birth of Child
Luc LEONARD was born 9 May 1843, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 41 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage of Child
Gabriel LEONARD married 31 May 1848, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Celine PROVENCAL

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.