Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN

(b. 12 March 1793 , Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 10 December 1881 , Ange-Gardien, Rouville, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN was born 12 March 1793 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN was the child of Jean-Marie CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN and Madeleine LEDUC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Judith CHALUT (maternal) Francois LEDUC and Marie-Louise LUSSIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS 31 July 1822 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS was born 3 March 1793 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Elisabeth died 24 August 1834 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire). Marie-Elisabeth was the child of Francois-Xavier DESMARAIS and Madeleine BROUSSEAU.

Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN died 10 December 1881 in Ange-Gardien, Rouville, 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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Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN

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Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN married

Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS-- Date: 31 July 1822 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS was the child of Francois-Xavier DESMARAIS and Madeleine BROUSSEAU

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Children of Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS:

Élisabeth-Célina CATUDAL dite ST-JEAN (b.26 April 1830, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada d. 26 August 1862, Ange-Gardien, Rouville, Canada East)
m. Joseph ÉMERY dit CODERRE 8 May 1849 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

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1793 Birth
12 March 1793
Beloeil, Lower Canada

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

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS 31 July 1822, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

He was 29 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 Birth of Child
Élisabeth-Célina CATUDAL dite ST-JEAN was born 26 April 1830, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Elisabeth DESMARAIS died 24 August 1834, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

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)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Marriage of Child
Élisabeth-Célina CATUDAL dite ST-JEAN married 8 May 1849, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire) to Joseph ÉMERY dit CODERRE

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

1862 Death of Child
Élisabeth-Célina CATUDAL dite ST-JEAN died 26 August 1862, Ange-Gardien, Rouville, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 69 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.