Germain "Jerry" TALON dit LESPERANCE

(b. 26 April 1847 , Henryville, Canada East d. 4 November 1901 , Stockton, Kansas, USA )

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Germain "Jerry" TALON dit LESPERANCE was born 26 April 1847 in Henryville, Canada East

Germain "Jerry" TALON dit 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):

Germain "Jerry" married Caroline BEGNOCHE 26 December 1870 in Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Caroline BEGNOCHE was born 22 June 1854 in Pilot, Kankakee, Illiniois, USA. Caroline died 12 March 1932 in Stockton, Kansas, USA. Caroline was the child of François BEGNOCHE and Marie GOODREAU (GAUDREAU).

Germain "Jerry" TALON dit LESPERANCE died 4 November 1901 in Stockton, Kansas, USA.
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Occupation

Germain "Jerry" TALON dit LESPERANCE was a Saloonkeeper.

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 Germain "Jerry" TALON dit LESPERANCE

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Germain "Jerry" TALON dit LESPERANCE married

Caroline BEGNOCHE-- Date: 26 December 1870 Place: Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Caroline BEGNOCHE was the child of François BEGNOCHE and Marie GOODREAU (GAUDREAU)

Children of Germain "Jerry" TALON dit LESPERANCE and Caroline BEGNOCHE:

Armand Paul LESPERANCE (b.28 November 1884, Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, USA d. 14 July 1951, Salina, Kansas, USA)
m. Ollie Faye ROGERS 1913

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1847 Birth
26 April 1847
Henryville, Canada East

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

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

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

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1870 Marriage / Partner
Germain "Jerry" TALON dit LESPERANCE and Caroline BEGNOCHE 26 December 1870, Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, USA

He was 23 years old.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1884 Birth of Child
Armand Paul LESPERANCE was born 28 November 1884, Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, USA

Germain "Jerry" was 37 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)