François REMY dit BELLEFLEUR

(b. 16 April 1814 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 18 July 1886 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada )

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François REMY dit BELLEFLEUR was born 16 April 1814 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

François REMY dit BELLEFLEUR was the child of René REMI dit BELLEFLEUR and Marguerite VARRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Leopold REMY dit BELLEFLEUR and Marie-Angélique TRUDEL (maternal) Joseph VARRY (VARY) and Marie-Françoise BENOIT

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

François married Marie-Celeste HAYET 31 January 1837 in Verchères, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Celeste HAYET was born 19 February 1818 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Marie-Celeste died 10 January 1858 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Marie-Celeste was the child of Michel HAYET dit MALO and Marie FOUGERE dite CHAMPAGNE (FUGERE).

François REMY dit BELLEFLEUR died 18 July 1886 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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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François REMY dit BELLEFLEUR married

Marie-Celeste HAYET-- Date: 31 January 1837 Place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Marie-Celeste HAYET was the child of Michel HAYET dit MALO and Marie FOUGERE dite CHAMPAGNE (FUGERE)

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Children of François REMY dit BELLEFLEUR and Marie-Celeste HAYET:

François Xavier REMY (b.8 January 1838, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. 6 October 1880, Fall River, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Florentine DESMARAIS April 12, 1858 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

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1814 Birth
16 April 1814
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, 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

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

1837 Marriage / Partner
François REMY dit BELLEFLEUR and Marie-Celeste HAYET 31 January 1837, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 22 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
François Xavier REMY was born 8 January 1838, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

François was 23 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

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.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Celeste HAYET died 10 January 1858, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Marriage of Child
François Xavier REMY married April 12, 1858, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Florentine DESMARAIS

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.