Louis-Gonzague BERARD dit LÉPINE

(b. 18 September 1792 , Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 22 June 1869 , Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada )

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Louis-Gonzague BERARD dit LÉPINE was born 18 September 1792 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Louis-Gonzague BERARD dit LÉPINE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERARD dit LÉPINE and Genevieve LAFERRIERE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BERARD dit LEPINE and Marguerite DESHAIES (maternal) Andre AURE dit LAFERRIERE and Geneviève LAVENTURE dite MADRAN

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

Louis-Gonzague married Marie-Madeleine GUIMOND 5 October 1812 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine GUIMOND was born 29 December 1795 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine died 20 August 1848 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine was the child of Jean-Marie-Baptiste GUIMOND and Felicite BARRETTE.

Louis-Gonzague BERARD dit LÉPINE died 22 June 1869 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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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Louis-Gonzague BERARD dit LÉPINE married

Marie-Madeleine GUIMOND-- Date: 5 October 1812 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Marie-Madeleine GUIMOND was the child of Jean-Marie-Baptiste GUIMOND and Felicite BARRETTE

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Children of Louis-Gonzague BERARD dit LÉPINE and Marie-Madeleine GUIMOND:

Leonard BERARD dit LÉPINE (b.6 November 1814, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada d. 5 May 1894, Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada)
m. Julie BRULE 26 January 1836 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1792 Birth
18 September 1792
Berthierville, Lower Canada

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

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

1812 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Gonzague BERARD dit LÉPINE and Marie-Madeleine GUIMOND 5 October 1812, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Leonard BERARD dit LÉPINE was born 6 November 1814, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Louis-Gonzague 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

1836 Marriage of Child
Leonard BERARD dit LÉPINE married 26 January 1836, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada to Julie BRULE

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)

1848 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Madeleine GUIMOND died 20 August 1848, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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.