Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX

(b. abt. 1820 , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 June 1886 , Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX was the child of Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marguerite REIMSHNEDER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marie-Josephe GOGUET (GOYETTE) (maternal) Jean Henri REIMSHNEDER and Marie-Josephe BOLDUC

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

Pierre married Felicite SEVIGNY 15 September 1845 in Granby, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Felicite SEVIGNY was born 3 May 1828 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire). Felicite died 12 June 1899 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. Felicite was the child of Joseph-Marie SEVIGNY and Catherine LEDOUX.

Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX died 14 June 1886 in Sherbrooke, 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 Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX

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Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX married

Felicite SEVIGNY-- Date: 15 September 1845 Place: Granby, Canada East
Felicite SEVIGNY was the child of Joseph-Marie SEVIGNY and Catherine LEDOUX

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Children of Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Felicite SEVIGNY:

Guillaume LACROIX (b.10 May 1865, Sherbrooke, Canada East d. , )
m. Georgianna GADBOIS 11 September 1909 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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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)

1845 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Felicite SEVIGNY 15 September 1845 , Granby, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Granby)

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)

1865 Birth of Child
Guillaume LACROIX was born 10 May 1865, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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.