Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN

(b. 9 January 1788 , Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 May 1869 , Sainte-Julie, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada )

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Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN was born 9 January 1788 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada

Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN was the child of Joseph GAUTHIER and Madeleine DAUNAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul-Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Josephte PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS (maternal) Basile DAUNAIS and Marie-Madeleine LANGEVIN

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

Antoine married Marie-Julie BOUSQUET 12 February 1816 in Boucherville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Julie BOUSQUET was born 3 May 1775 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Julie died 12 April 1822 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Julie was the child of Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET and Marie-Charlotte MESSIER.

Antoine married (2) Catherine LUSSIER 7 January 1823 in Boucherville, Lower Canada . Catherine LUSSIER was born 25 June 1804 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Catherine died 7 April 1845 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Catherine was the child of Louis LUSSIER and Marie BRIEN dite DESROCHES.

Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN died 4 May 1869 in Sainte-Julie, Monteregie Region, Quebec, 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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Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN married

Marie-Julie BOUSQUET-- Date: 12 February 1816 Place: Boucherville, Lower Canada
Marie-Julie BOUSQUET was the child of Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET and Marie-Charlotte MESSIER

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Children of Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Julie BOUSQUET:

Antoine GAUTHIER (b.23 February 1820, Varennes, Lower Canada d. 7 May 1892, Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada)
m. Eloise JODOIN 18 January 1842 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN married

Catherine LUSSIER-- Date: 7 January 1823 Place: Boucherville, Lower Canada
Catherine LUSSIER was the child of Louis LUSSIER and Marie BRIEN dite DESROCHES

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1788 Birth
9 January 1788
Boucherville, 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
Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Julie BOUSQUET 12 February 1816, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 28 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Antoine GAUTHIER was born 23 February 1820, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Antoine was 32 years old.

1822 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Julie BOUSQUET died 12 April 1822, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

1823 Marriage / Partner
Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Catherine LUSSIER 7 January 1823, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 35 years old.

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

1842 Marriage of Child
Antoine GAUTHIER married 18 January 1842, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Eloise JODOIN

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)

1845 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine LUSSIER died 7 April 1845, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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)

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.