Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

(b. 25 May 1813 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 8 September 1874 , Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada )

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Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES was born 25 May 1813 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES was the child of Joseph-Jean LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Anne ARSENAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) François LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Josephte HOUDE (maternal) Pierre ARSENAULT and Marie-Charlotte LEFEBVRE

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

Felix married Marie-Emelia GOUIN 14 February 1832 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Emelia GOUIN was born 17 September 1811 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Emelia died 27 June 1869 in United States (USA) (American Colonies). Marie-Emelia was the child of Emmanuel GOUIN and Geneviève GAUDET.

Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES died 8 September 1874 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, 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 Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

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Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES married

Marie-Emelia GOUIN-- Date: 14 February 1832 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Marie-Emelia GOUIN was the child of Emmanuel GOUIN and Geneviève GAUDET

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Children of Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Emelia GOUIN:

Felix ST GEORGE (b.21 August 1834, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 19 March 1876, Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Philomene POTVIN 15 October 1854 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA (North Uxbridge)

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1813 Birth
25 May 1813
Saint-Ours, 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

1832 Marriage / Partner
Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Emelia GOUIN 14 February 1832, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 18 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Felix ST GEORGE was born 21 August 1834, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Felix was 21 years old.

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.

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

1854 Marriage of Child
Felix ST GEORGE married 15 October 1854, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA (North Uxbridge) to Philomene POTVIN

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)

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.