Laurent LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

(b. 12 February 1777 , Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 July 1826 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Laurent LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES was born 12 February 1777 in Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada

Laurent LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES was the child of Pierre-Sulpice LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Felicite DELAUMAY (DELOME) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LAPORTE and Angélique CHARBONNEAU (maternal) Pierre DELAUMAY (DELOME) and Marie-Josephe MARTINEAU dite ST-ONGE

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Laurent married Thérèse FAUCHER dite ST-MAURICE 14 January 1799 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse FAUCHER dite ST-MAURICE was born 6 August 1778 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Thérèse died 15 June 1832 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Thérèse was the child of Louis-Joseph FAUCHER and Marie-Angélique MERCURE.

Laurent LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES died 1 July 1826 in Berthierville, Lower 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 Laurent LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

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Laurent LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES married

Thérèse FAUCHER dite ST-MAURICE-- Date: 14 January 1799 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Thérèse FAUCHER dite ST-MAURICE was the child of Louis-Joseph FAUCHER and Marie-Angélique MERCURE

Children of Laurent LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Thérèse FAUCHER dite ST-MAURICE:

Felicite LAPORTE (b.29 September 1803, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 14 February 1859, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East )
m. Joseph RONDEAU 5 March 1821 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1777 Birth
12 February 1777
Saint-Cuthbert, 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
Laurent LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Thérèse FAUCHER dite ST-MAURICE 14 January 1799, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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

1803 Birth of Child
Felicite LAPORTE was born 29 September 1803, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Laurent was 26 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

1821 Marriage of Child
Felicite LAPORTE married 5 March 1821, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Joseph RONDEAU

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)