Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET dit BERNARD

(b. 22 July 1795 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada* d. 31 October 1858 , Varennes, Canada East )

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Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET dit BERNARD was born 22 July 1795 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada*

Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET dit BERNARD was the child of Raphael-Charles BROUILLET and Marie-Josephe BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET and Marie-Thérèse LORION (maternal) François BOUCHER and Cecile GENEREUX

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie CHALIFOUX dite LACROIX 30 June 1817 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie CHALIFOUX dite LACROIX was born October 1800 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died abt. 1863 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Marie was the child of Michel CHALIFOUX and Clothide BROUILLET.

Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET dit BERNARD died 31 October 1858 in Varennes, 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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Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET dit BERNARD

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Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET dit BERNARD married

Marie CHALIFOUX dite LACROIX-- Date: 30 June 1817 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada*
Marie CHALIFOUX dite LACROIX was the child of Michel CHALIFOUX and Clothide BROUILLET

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET dit BERNARD and Marie CHALIFOUX dite LACROIX:

Marie LACROIX dite BROUILLET (b.24 July 1818, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada* d. 27 September 1897, Victoriaville, Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre LOISEAU 27 August 1844 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1795 Birth
22 July 1795
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada*

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET dit BERNARD and Marie CHALIFOUX dite LACROIX 30 June 1817, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

He was 21 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Birth of Child
Marie LACROIX dite BROUILLET was born 24 July 1818, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

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 - 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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Marie LACROIX dite BROUILLET married 27 August 1844, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Pierre LOISEAU

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.