Valerie CASAUBON dite DOSTALER

(b. 13 March 1842 , Berthierville, Canada East d. 8 April 1900 , Sorel, Québec, Canada )

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Valerie CASAUBON dite DOSTALER was born 13 March 1842 in Berthierville, Canada East

Valerie CASAUBON dite DOSTALER was the child of Pierre-Martin CASAUBON dit DOSTALER and Catherine BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre CASAUBON and Marie-Josephe BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE (maternal) Isaie BOUCHER and Genevieve RONDEAU

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Valerie married Leon LAVALLÉE 2 May 1871 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada . Leon LAVALLÉE was born 2 May 1828 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Leon died 10 January 1897 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Leon was the child of Antoine-François LAVALLEE and Judith DUFAULT.

Valerie CASAUBON dite DOSTALER died 8 April 1900 in Sorel, 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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Valerie CASAUBON dite DOSTALER married

Leon LAVALLÉE-- Date: 2 May 1871 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada
Leon LAVALLÉE was the child of Antoine-François LAVALLEE and Judith DUFAULT

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1842 Birth
13 March 1842
Berthierville, Canada East

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)

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.