Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER

(b. 24 May 1827 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada d. 6 April 1909 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )

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Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER was born 24 May 1827 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER was the child of François MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE and Angelique ORION dite CHAMPAGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Francois MEUNIER dit BELLEROSE and Marie LEDUC (maternal) Charles ORION dit CHAMPAGNE and Louise MIRABIN dite VADEBONCOEUR

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

Laurent married Mathilde BIRON 28 November 1848 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mathilde BIRON was born 10 September 1827 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Mathilde died 18 November 1859 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Mathilde was the child of Barthelemy-Antoine BIRON and Isabelle-Elisabeth BUSSIERE.

Laurent married (2) Lea LAFOREST 11 July 1860 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Lea LAFOREST was born 15 April 1839 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Lea died 16 February 1914 in St-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Quebec, Canada.

Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER died 6 April 1909 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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 Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER

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Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER married

Mathilde BIRON-- Date: 28 November 1848 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East
Mathilde BIRON was the child of Barthelemy-Antoine BIRON and Isabelle-Elisabeth BUSSIERE

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Children of Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER and Mathilde BIRON:

Mathilde BELLEROSE dite MEUNIER (b.7 November 1859, Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East d. 1 December 1930, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Narcisse COURCHESNE 25 October 1881 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER married

Lea LAFOREST-- Date: 11 July 1860 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East

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Children of Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER and Lea LAFOREST:

Marie-Adelaide BELLEROSE (b.20 July 1863, Pierreville, Yamaska, Canada East d. 13 March 1949, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada )
m. Hormisdas COURCHESNE 29 September 1884 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1827 Birth
24 May 1827
Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

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)

1848 Marriage / Partner
Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER and Mathilde BIRON 28 November 1848, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 21 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

1859 Birth of Child
Mathilde BELLEROSE dite MEUNIER was born 7 November 1859, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Laurent was 32 years old.

1859 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mathilde BIRON died 18 November 1859, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

1860 Marriage / Partner
Laurent BELLEROSE dit MEUNIER and Lea LAFOREST 11 July 1860, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 33 years old.

1863 Birth of Child
Marie-Adelaide BELLEROSE was born 20 July 1863, Pierreville, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas)

Laurent was 36 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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 Marriage of Child
Mathilde BELLEROSE dite MEUNIER married 25 October 1881, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Narcisse COURCHESNE

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Marriage of Child
Marie-Adelaide BELLEROSE married 29 September 1884, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Hormisdas COURCHESNE

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 Death
6 April 1909
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 81.

Added: 10/27/2020 11:24:41 AM - Updated: 10/27/2020 11:53:34 AM