Pierre DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE

(b. 13 November 1790 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 October 1874 , Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada )

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Pierre DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE was born 13 November 1790 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Pierre DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE and Catherine BERARD dite LEPINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DUBORD dit FONTAINE and Marie-Josephe FOURNIER dite BELVAL (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BERARD dit LEPINE and Marguerite DESHAIES

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

Pierre married Angélique ROUSSEAU 22 January 1816 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique ROUSSEAU was born 30 March 1792 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Angélique died 27 April 1822 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Angélique was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU and Antoinette FAUCHER.

Pierre DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE died 8 October 1874 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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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Pierre DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE married

Angélique ROUSSEAU-- Date: 22 January 1816 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Angélique ROUSSEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU and Antoinette FAUCHER

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Children of Pierre DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE and Angélique ROUSSEAU:

Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE (b.10 November 1819, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada d. 5 January 1861, Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East)
m. Jean-Baptiste DESORCY 21 August 1838 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1790 Birth
13 November 1790
Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1816 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE and Angélique ROUSSEAU 22 January 1816, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

He was 25 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.

1819 Birth of Child
Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE was born 10 November 1819, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 29 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1822 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angélique ROUSSEAU died 27 April 1822, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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

1838 Marriage of Child
Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE married 21 August 1838, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste DESORCY

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

1861 Death of Child
Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE died 5 January 1861, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 70 years old.

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.