Thomas AREL dit JULIEN

(b. 6 March 1823 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 28 November 1906 , Cowansville, Québec, Canada )

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Thomas AREL dit JULIEN was born 6 March 1823 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Thomas AREL dit JULIEN was the child of Jean-Baptiste JULIEN dit LARELLE and Marie-Marguerite PLOUFFE and the grandchild of: (paternal) André-Julien LARELLE and Madeleine TRANCHANT dite ST-ANTOINE (maternal) Basile PLOUFFE and Angélique BERGERON

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

Thomas married Louise POTVIN 20 August 1844 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louise POTVIN was born 6 April 1825 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Louise died 1 September 1904 in Sweetsburg, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada. Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste POTVIN and Marie-Louise BUCK.

Thomas AREL dit JULIEN died 28 November 1906 in Cowansville, 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 Thomas AREL dit JULIEN

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Thomas AREL dit JULIEN married

Louise POTVIN-- Date: 20 August 1844 Place: Sorel, Canada East
Louise POTVIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste POTVIN and Marie-Louise BUCK

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Children of Thomas AREL dit JULIEN and Louise POTVIN:

Marguerite "Maggie" JULIEN (b.20 May 1855, Cowansville, Canada East d. 4 April 1946, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Moise "Moses" MENARD 24 February 1874 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

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1823 Birth
6 March 1823
Sorel, Lower Canada

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)

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 Marriage / Partner
Thomas AREL dit JULIEN and Louise POTVIN 20 August 1844, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 21 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.

1855 Birth of Child
Marguerite "Maggie" JULIEN was born 20 May 1855, Cowansville, Québec, Canada (Nelsonville)

Thomas was 32 years old.

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.