Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE

(b. 30 August 1795 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada d. 18 February 1852 , Henryville, Canada East )

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Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE was born 30 August 1795 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE was the child of Jacques DUGAS dit LABRECHE and Catherine LAVENTURE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DUGAS dit LABRECHE and Marie-Catherine BARBEAU (maternal) François LAVENTURE and Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

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

Julie married Thomas GIRARD 20 January 1818 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thomas GIRARD was born 17 October 1778 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Thomas died 27 June 1858 in Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada. Thomas was the child of Pierre-Louis GIRARD and Emerentienne BOUCHARD.

Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE died 18 February 1852 in Henryville, Canada East .
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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 Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE

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Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE married

Thomas GIRARD-- Date: 20 January 1818 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Thomas GIRARD was the child of Pierre-Louis GIRARD and Emerentienne BOUCHARD

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Children of Thomas GIRARD and Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE:

Marie Florence GIRARD (b.17 August 1827, L'Acadie, Lower Canada d. 31 March 1909, Highgate, Vermont, USA )
m. Antoine FILION 28 October 1850

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1795 Birth
30 August 1795
Maskinongé, 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.

1818 Marriage / Partner
Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE and Thomas GIRARD 20 January 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 22 years old.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Marie Florence GIRARD was born 17 August 1827, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Julie was 31 years old.

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

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)