Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE

(b. 16 January 1776 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 June 1853 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East )

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Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE was born 16 January 1776 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE was the child of Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE and Marie-Ursule PLOUFFE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE and Marie-Madeleine GALIPEAU (maternal) Jean PLOUFFE and Marie-Jeanne FOISY dite LAFRENIÈRE

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

Joseph married Genevieve-Rosalie ARPIN 4 February 1799 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve-Rosalie ARPIN was born 25 September 1778 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Genevieve-Rosalie was the child of Marie-Ours HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Geneviève GAMARD dite POUTICHEROT.

Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE died 6 June 1853 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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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Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE married

Genevieve-Rosalie ARPIN-- Date: 4 February 1799 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Genevieve-Rosalie ARPIN was the child of Marie-Ours HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Geneviève GAMARD dite POUTICHEROT

Children of Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE and Genevieve-Rosalie ARPIN:

Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE (b.2 May 1803, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 12 February 1878, Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Josephte JACQUES 19 September 1825 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1776 Birth
16 January 1776
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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)

1799 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE and Genevieve-Rosalie ARPIN 4 February 1799, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 23 years old.

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

1803 Birth of Child
Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE was born 2 May 1803, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Joseph was 27 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)

1825 Marriage of Child
Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE married 19 September 1825, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Josephte JACQUES

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)