Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE

(b. 12 May 1804 , La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 7 February 1898 , Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada )

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Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE was born 12 May 1804 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE was the child of Louis BREILLARD (BREARD) dit LAROCHE and Elisabeth NORMANDIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BREILLARD (BREARD) dit LAROCHE and Marie-Anne SURPRENANT (maternal) Pierre NORMANDIN and Marie-Angélique MONET

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

Jacob married Marie-Josephte DENAULT 28 July 1823 in La Prairie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte DENAULT was born 25 August 1804 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Josephte was the child of Pierre DENAULT and Josephte GIROUX.

Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE died 7 February 1898 in Hemmingford, Quebec, 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 Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE

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Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE married

Marie-Josephte DENAULT-- Date: 28 July 1823 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte DENAULT was the child of Pierre DENAULT and Josephte GIROUX

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Children of Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE and Marie-Josephte DENAULT:

Albert-Norbert LAROCHE (b.24 April 1831, Lacolle, Lower Canada d. 10 February 1902, Lacolle, Québec, Canada )
m. Esther POISSANT 25 April 1864 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

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1804 Birth
12 May 1804
La Prairie, 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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Jacob BRIA dit LAROCHE and Marie-Josephte DENAULT 28 July 1823, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 19 years old.

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

1831 Birth of Child
Albert-Norbert LAROCHE was born 24 April 1831, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Jacob was 26 years old.

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)

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)

1864 Marriage of Child
Albert-Norbert LAROCHE married 25 April 1864, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle) to Esther POISSANT

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.