François PETIT dit ST-PIERRE

(b. 19 September 1792 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 23 May 1871 , Cap-Chat, Québec, Canada )

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François PETIT dit ST-PIERRE was born 19 September 1792 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

François PETIT dit ST-PIERRE was the child of Pierre PETIT dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Angélique PELLETIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PETIT dit ST-PIERRE and Judith MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES (maternal) Joseph PELLETIER and Catherine LEMIEUX

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

François married Emilie LIZOTTE 13 July 1813 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emilie LIZOTTE was born 25 July 1794 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Emilie died 22 July 1830 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Emilie was the child of Henri LIZOTTE and Marie-Thérèse BESSE.

François PETIT dit ST-PIERRE died 23 May 1871 in Cap-Chat, 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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François PETIT dit ST-PIERRE married

Emilie LIZOTTE-- Date: 13 July 1813 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Emilie LIZOTTE was the child of Henri LIZOTTE and Marie-Thérèse BESSE

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Children of François PETIT dit ST-PIERRE and Emilie LIZOTTE:

Prudent ST-PIERRE (b.18 August 1815, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 3 April 1903, Cap-Chat, Québec, Canada)
m. Heloise BELANGER 12 January 1841 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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1792 Birth
19 September 1792
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1813 Marriage / Partner
François PETIT dit ST-PIERRE and Emilie LIZOTTE 13 July 1813, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Prudent ST-PIERRE was born 18 August 1815, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

François was 22 years old.

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

1830 Death of Spouse/Partner
Emilie LIZOTTE died 22 July 1830, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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 Marriage of Child
Prudent ST-PIERRE married 12 January 1841, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Heloise BELANGER

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)

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.