Joseph RENAUD dit DESLAURIERS

(b. 17 March 1814 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 1 August 1881 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph RENAUD dit DESLAURIERS was born 17 March 1814 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Joseph RENAUD dit DESLAURIERS was the child of François RENAUD dit DESLAURIERS and Helene GENDRON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine RENAUD and Marguerite FAVREAU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GENDRON and Helene GIARD

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

Joseph married Tharsille BENOIT 22 July 1839 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Tharsille BENOIT was born 3 September 1820 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Tharsille died 1 November 1902 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Tharsille was the child of Antoine BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Catherine RENUAD.

Joseph RENAUD dit DESLAURIERS died 1 August 1881 in Saint-Charles-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 Joseph RENAUD dit DESLAURIERS

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Joseph RENAUD dit DESLAURIERS married

Tharsille BENOIT-- Date: 22 July 1839 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Tharsille BENOIT was the child of Antoine BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Catherine RENUAD

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Children of Joseph RENAUD dit DESLAURIERS and Tharsille BENOIT:

Virginie RENAUD dite DESLAURIERS (b.12 November 1844, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East d. 13 June 1902, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Pierre-Honore MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE 26 September 1865 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1814 Birth
17 March 1814
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RENAUD dit DESLAURIERS and Tharsille BENOIT 22 July 1839, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

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)

1844 Birth of Child
Virginie RENAUD dite DESLAURIERS was born 12 November 1844, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Joseph was 30 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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Marriage of Child
Virginie RENAUD dite DESLAURIERS married 26 September 1865, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Pierre-Honore MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE

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.