Justine COITOU dite ST JEAN

(b. 19 November 1818 , Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada d. 30 January 1890 , Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada )

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Justine COITOU dite ST JEAN was born 19 November 1818 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada

Justine COITOU dite ST JEAN was the child of ? and ?

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Justine married Joseph MAJEAU 28 November 1837 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph MAJEAU was born 7 April 1816 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Joseph died 3 May 1899 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme-de-Lauzon). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Elie MAJEAU and Marie-Louise MARSAN.

Justine COITOU dite ST JEAN died 30 January 1890 in Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, 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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Justine COITOU dite ST JEAN married

Joseph MAJEAU-- Date: 28 November 1837 Place: Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada
Joseph MAJEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Elie MAJEAU and Marie-Louise MARSAN

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Children of Joseph MAJEAU and Justine COITOU dite ST JEAN:

Marie-Cleophee MAJEAU (b.5 June 1838, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada d. 29 April 1912, Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme, Lévis, Québec, Canada )
m. Toussaint EMOND 20 July 1858 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

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1818 Birth
19 November 1818
Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Justine COITOU dite ST JEAN and Joseph MAJEAU 28 November 1837, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1838 Birth of Child
Marie-Cleophee MAJEAU was born 5 June 1838, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada

Justine was 19 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)

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

1858 Marriage of Child
Marie-Cleophee MAJEAU married 20 July 1858, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) to Toussaint EMOND

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.