Jean-Baptiste GERARD dit LAFLEUR

(b. 5 November 1812 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 4 May 1882 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GERARD dit LAFLEUR was born 5 November 1812 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste GERARD dit LAFLEUR was the child of Amable GERARD dit LAFLEUR and Archange BADAILLAC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel GIRARD dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Geneviève FORCIER (maternal) Pierre-Joseph BADAILLAC dit LAPLANTE (BADAYAC) and Marie-Anne ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX)

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

Jean-Baptiste married Catherine HUS PAUL 3 November 1835 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Catherine HUS PAUL was born 19 December 1817 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Catherine died 15 September 1897 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada. Catherine was the child of Joseph PAUL HUS and Marie-Josephe POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ.

Jean-Baptiste GERARD dit LAFLEUR died 4 May 1882 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, 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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Jean-Baptiste GERARD dit LAFLEUR married

Catherine HUS PAUL-- Date: 3 November 1835 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Catherine HUS PAUL was the child of Joseph PAUL HUS and Marie-Josephe POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ

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Children of Jean-Baptiste GERARD dit LAFLEUR and Catherine HUS PAUL:

Jean-Baptiste LAFLEUR (b.12 October 1836, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 23 September 1837, Sorel, Lower Canada )

Catherine LAFLEUR (b.6 September 1838, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

Felix LAFLEUR (b.19 October 1840, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , , Connecticut, USA)

Joseph LAFLEUR (b.16 October 1842, Sorel, Canada East d. abt. 1842, Sorel, Canada East )

Emerance LAFLEUR (b.4 October 1846, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Pierre LAFLEUR (b.28 November 1848, Sorel, Canada East d. abt. 1861, )

Jean Baptiste LAFLEUR (b.19 December 1850, Sorel, Canada East d. 2 July 1926, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA )

Marie LAFLEUR (b.27 April 1853, Sorel, Canada East d. 1 June 1855, Sorel, Canada East )

Edouard LAFLEUR (b.23 June 1855, Sorel, Canada East d. 23 June 1855, Sorel, Canada East )

Marie LAFLEUR (b.16 September 1856, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Adele-Melina LAFLEUR (b.6 September 1858, Sorel, Canada East d. , )

Paul LAFLEUR (b.13 November 1862, Saint-Robert, Canada East d. , )

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1812 Birth
5 November 1812
Sorel, 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
Jean-Baptiste GERARD dit LAFLEUR and Catherine HUS PAUL 3 November 1835, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 23 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1836 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LAFLEUR was born 12 October 1836, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1837 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste LAFLEUR died 23 September 1837, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 24 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Catherine LAFLEUR was born 6 September 1838, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 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

1840 Birth of Child
Felix LAFLEUR was born 19 October 1840, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Birth of Child
Joseph LAFLEUR was born 16 October 1842, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

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)

1846 Birth of Child
Emerance LAFLEUR was born 4 October 1846, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Pierre LAFLEUR was born 28 November 1848, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste LAFLEUR was born 19 December 1850, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1853 Birth of Child
Marie LAFLEUR was born 27 April 1853, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 40 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1855 Death of Child
Marie LAFLEUR died 1 June 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 42 years old.

1855 Birth of Child
Edouard LAFLEUR was born 23 June 1855, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 42 years old.

1856 Birth of Child
Marie LAFLEUR was born 16 September 1856, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 years old.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Adele-Melina LAFLEUR was born 6 September 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste was 45 years old.

1862 Birth of Child
Paul LAFLEUR was born 13 November 1862, Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 50 years old.

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.