Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU

(b. 29 March 1778 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 May 1853 , Saint-Hugues, Canada East )

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Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU was born 29 March 1778 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU was the child of François FONTAINE and Marie-Françoise BÉRARD dite LEPINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin FONTAINE and Marie-Louise GUILLET (maternal) Michel BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Marie-Françoise MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

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

Amable married Louise PATENAUDE 18 November 1799 in Verchères, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise PATENAUDE was born 24 October 1780 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Louise died 26 April 1870 in Saint-Guillaume, Québec, Canada (Saint-Guillaume-d'Upton). Louise was the child of François PATENAUDE and Marie-Louise GUILLET.

Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU died 15 May 1853 in Saint-Hugues, 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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Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU married

Louise PATENAUDE-- Date: 18 November 1799 Place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Louise PATENAUDE was the child of François PATENAUDE and Marie-Louise GUILLET

Children of Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU and Louise PATENAUDE:

Paul-Damase FONTAINE dit BIENVENU (b.23 August 1806, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 5 April 1870, Saint-Guillaume, Québec, Canada )
m. Geneviève-Marie PARADIS dite AUBIAN 9 February 1830 in Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

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1778 Birth
29 March 1778
Verchères, 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
Amable FONTAINE dit BIENVENU and Louise PATENAUDE 18 November 1799, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 21 years old.

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

1806 Birth of Child
Paul-Damase FONTAINE dit BIENVENU was born 23 August 1806, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Amable was 28 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)

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 Marriage of Child
Paul-Damase FONTAINE dit BIENVENU married 9 February 1830, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada to Geneviève-Marie PARADIS dite AUBIAN

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)

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