Joseph-Gregoire FLEURANT dit PINARD

(b. 12 March 1806 , Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 22 June 1872 , Saint-Guillaume, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Gregoire FLEURANT dit PINARD was born 12 March 1806 in Nicolet, Lower Canada

Joseph-Gregoire FLEURANT dit PINARD was the child of Joseph PINARD dit BEAUCHEMIN FLORENT and Madeleine BEAUBIEN TROTTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PINARD dit BEAUCHEMIN and Élisabeth GAUTHIER (maternal) Louis BEAUBIEN TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Louise MANSEAU dite ROBIDAS

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Joseph-Gregoire married Marguerite-Helene LEMAITRE dite LOTTINVILLE 19 October 1835 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada . Marguerite-Helene LEMAITRE dite LOTTINVILLE was born abt. 1805 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite-Helene died 28 December 1842 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska). Marguerite-Helene was the child of Joseph LEMAITRE dit LOTTINVILLE and Louise LEMAITRE dite DUHAIME.

Joseph-Gregoire married (2) Marie-Florence MAHEU 15 April 1850 in Saint-David, Canada East . Marie-Florence MAHEU was born 7 May 1822 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Florence died 9 September 1891 in Saint-Guillaume, Québec, Canada (Saint-Guillaume-d'Upton). Marie-Florence was the child of Antoine MAHEU and Marie-Amable SASSEVILLE.

Joseph-Gregoire FLEURANT dit PINARD died 22 June 1872 in Saint-Guillaume, Québec, Canada .

m. Lemaitre Marguerite-Helene

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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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Marguerite-Helene LEMAITRE dite LOTTINVILLE-- Date: 19 October 1835 Place: Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
Marguerite-Helene LEMAITRE dite LOTTINVILLE was the child of Joseph LEMAITRE dit LOTTINVILLE and Louise LEMAITRE dite DUHAIME

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Marie-Florence MAHEU-- Date: 15 April 1850 Place: Saint-David, Canada East
Marie-Florence MAHEU was the child of Antoine MAHEU and Marie-Amable SASSEVILLE

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1806 Birth
12 March 1806
Nicolet, 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

1835 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Gregoire FLEURANT dit PINARD and Marguerite-Helene LEMAITRE dite LOTTINVILLE 19 October 1835, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 29 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

1842 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite-Helene LEMAITRE dite LOTTINVILLE died 28 December 1842, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

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)

1850 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Gregoire FLEURANT dit PINARD and Marie-Florence MAHEU 15 April 1850, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

He was 44 years old.

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.