Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES

(b. 17 November 1822 , Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 12 March 1879 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES was born 17 November 1822 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES was the child of Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES and Zoe LECAVELIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES and Marie-Amable DESNOYERS dite LAJEUNESSE (maternal) Toussaint-Robert CAVELIER (LECAVALIER) and Catherine LEDUC

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

Antoine married Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT 24 April 1843 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT was born 6 June 1827 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Elisabeth died 8 November 1904 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA (Marlboro). Elisabeth was the child of Pierre ARCHAMBAULT and Catherine LEBLANC.

Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES died 12 March 1879 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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 Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES

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Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES married

Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT-- Date: 24 April 1843 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East
Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT was the child of Pierre ARCHAMBAULT and Catherine LEBLANC

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Children of Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES and Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT:

Arthur ST-JACQUES (b.abt. 1845, , Québec Province, Canada d. 30 October 1919, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)

Marie-Zoe-Christine ST-JACQUES (b.abt. 1853, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Robert ST-JACQUES (b.abt. 1856, , United States d. , )

Albertine ST-JACQUES (b.6 October 1859, Yamachiche, Canada East d. , )

Jacques ST-JACQUES (b.abt. 1861, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1822 Birth
17 November 1822
Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Baptism

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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

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Antoine CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES and Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT 24 April 1843, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

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)

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
Albertine ST-JACQUES was born 6 October 1859, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Antoine 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.