Charles LACROIX dit BOURGAULT

(b. 10 June 1812 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 30 July 1880 , Wotton, Québec, Canada )

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Charles LACROIX dit BOURGAULT was born 10 June 1812 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Charles LACROIX dit BOURGAULT was the child of Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marie-Judith DAIGLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Jeanne GATINEAU (maternal) Firmin DAIGLE and Marguerite DUVAL

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Charles married Marie-Louise ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ 23 September 1834 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ was born 3 July 1815 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Louise was the child of Abraham ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ and Marie-Anne L'HERAULT.

Charles LACROIX dit BOURGAULT died 30 July 1880 in Wotton, 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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Charles LACROIX dit BOURGAULT married

Marie-Louise ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ-- Date: 23 September 1834 Place: Saint-Simon, Bagot, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ was the child of Abraham ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ and Marie-Anne L'HERAULT

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Children of Charles LACROIX dit BOURGAULT and Marie-Louise ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ:

Vitaline LACROIX dite BOURGAULT (b.6 March 1847, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East d. , )
m. François LAMY 2 July 1866 in Wotton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hippolyte)

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1812 Birth
10 June 1812
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

1834 Marriage / Partner
Charles LACROIX dit BOURGAULT and Marie-Louise ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ 23 September 1834, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

He was 22 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)

1847 Birth of Child
Vitaline LACROIX dite BOURGAULT was born 6 March 1847, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska)

Charles was 34 years old.

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1866 Marriage of Child
Vitaline LACROIX dite BOURGAULT married 2 July 1866, Wotton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hippolyte) to François LAMY

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.