Celina TALON dite LESPERANCE

(b. abt. 1834 , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1880 , Bonsecours, Québec, Canada )

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Celina TALON dite LESPERANCE was born abt. 1834 in Québec Province, Canada

Celina TALON dite LESPERANCE was the child of Germain TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE and Justine BERNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste TALON dit L'ESPÉRANCE and Marie-Josephe DUMAS (maternal) Clement BERNIER and Marie-Louise-Constant FORTIN

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

Celina married Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT) 1 August 1854 in Henryville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 24 December 1824 in Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville). Gédéon died 30 June 1879 in Aurora, Kansas, USA. Gédéon was the child of Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT) and Marie-Sylvie DUQUET.

Celina TALON dite LESPERANCE died abt. 1880 in Bonsecours, 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 Celina TALON dite LESPERANCE

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Celina TALON dite LESPERANCE married

Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT)-- Date: 1 August 1854 Place: Henryville, Canada East
Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT) was the child of Pierre BREAULT (BRAULT) and Marie-Sylvie DUQUET

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Children of Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT) and Celina TALON dite LESPERANCE:

Sigefroie BREAULT (BRAULT) (b.23 September 1855, Joliet, Illinois, USA d. 6 December 1913, , Kansas, USA)
m. Marguerite MOISSANT (MOISANT) 12 January 1875 in , Illinois, USA

Roseanna BREAULT (BRAULT) (b.14 January 1857, Aurora, Illinois, USA d. 5 November 1889, Aurora, Kansas, USA)
m. Pierre Joseph MOISANT 1873 in Aurora, Illinois, USA

Ferdinand "Ferd" BREAULT (BRAULT) (b.February 1861, , Illinois, USA d. 15 February 1925, Aurora, Kansas, USA)
m. Agness D DEMARS 14 November 1880

Etienne "Stephen" BREAULT (BRAULT) (b.10 January 1862, , Illinois, USA d. 10 July 1905, Aurora, Kansas, USA)
m. Louisa DEMARS 20 November 1882

Joséphine Marie BREAULT (BRAULT) (b.13 April 1865, , Illinois, USA d. 28 May 1925, Aurora, Kansas, USA)
m. Noel Joseph GENNETTE 29 October 1883 in , Kansas, USA

Louis BREAULT (BRAULT) (b.23 January 1866, , Illinois, USA d. 23 January 1866, , Illinois, USA)

Philippe BREAULT (BRAULT) (b.abt. 1870, , Illinois, USA d. , )

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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.

1854 Marriage / Partner
Celina TALON dite LESPERANCE and Gédéon BREAULT (BRAULT) 1 August 1854, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

1855 Birth of Child
Sigefroie BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 23 September 1855, Joliet, Illinois, USA

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Roseanna BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 14 January 1857, Aurora, Illinois, USA

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 Birth of Child
Ferdinand "Ferd" BREAULT (BRAULT) was born February 1861, , Illinois, USA

1862 Birth of Child
Etienne "Stephen" BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 10 January 1862, , Illinois, USA

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Birth of Child
Joséphine Marie BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 13 April 1865, , Illinois, USA

1866 Birth of Child
Louis BREAULT (BRAULT) was born 23 January 1866, , Illinois, USA

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.