Agathe DESMARAIS dite DESNOYERS

(b. 19 February 1814 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. 29 December 1892 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada )

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Agathe DESMARAIS dite DESNOYERS was born 19 February 1814 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Agathe DESMARAIS dite DESNOYERS was the child of Jacques DESNOYERS dit DESMARAIS and Marie-Agathe LEPRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DESNOYERS dit DESMARAIS and Marie-Josephe CAUCHON (maternal) Frederick Christian Leon LEPRE (LEPPE) and Marie-Anne CARLE (BELLEGARDE) (KERLE)

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

Agathe married Louis ROBERT 20 January 1833 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Louis ROBERT was born 14 December 1808 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Louis died 30 June 1890 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Louis was the child of Louis ROBERT and Marguerite ROY.

Agathe DESMARAIS dite DESNOYERS died 29 December 1892 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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 Agathe DESMARAIS dite DESNOYERS

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Agathe DESMARAIS dite DESNOYERS married

Louis ROBERT-- Date: 20 January 1833 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

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Louis ROBERT was the child of Louis ROBERT and Marguerite ROY

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Children of Louis ROBERT and Agathe DESMARAIS dite DESNOYERS:

Philomene ROBERT (b.6 July 1838, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. 13 March 1879, Ange-Gardien, Quebec, Canada)
m. Pierre LACASSE 6 October 1857 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Emilie ROBERT (b.1 February 1845, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East d. 27 April 1929, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada)

Alphonse ROBERT (b.7 June 1850, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East d. 7 December 1903, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada )

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1814 Birth
19 February 1814
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Baptism

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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

1833 Marriage / Partner
Agathe DESMARAIS dite DESNOYERS and Louis ROBERT 20 January 1833, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

She was 18 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

1838 Birth of Child
Philomene ROBERT was born 6 July 1838, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Agathe was 24 years old.

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)

1845 Birth of Child
Emilie ROBERT was born 1 February 1845, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Agathe was 30 years old.

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

1850 Birth of Child
Alphonse ROBERT was born 7 June 1850, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Agathe was 36 years old.

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.

1857 Marriage of Child
Philomene ROBERT married 6 October 1857, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Pierre LACASSE

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.