Marie-Christine BERARD dite LÉPINE

(b. 18 August 1798 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada d. 20 June 1874 , Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Christine BERARD dite LÉPINE was born 18 August 1798 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Marie-Christine BERARD dite LÉPINE was the child of Ambroise BERARD and Josephte MARCOTTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BERARD dit LEPINE and Marguerite DESHAIES (maternal) Antoine MARCOTTE and Thérèse GERMAIN

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

Marie-Christine married Ambroise FAUTEUX 13 January 1817 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ambroise FAUTEUX was born 25 April 1795 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Ambroise died 26 December 1865 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Ambroise was the child of Pierre FAUTEUX and Marie BERARD dite LÉPINE.

Marie-Christine BERARD dite LÉPINE died 20 June 1874 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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Family and Children of Marie-Christine BERARD dite LÉPINE

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Marie-Christine BERARD dite LÉPINE married

Ambroise FAUTEUX-- Date: 13 January 1817 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Ambroise FAUTEUX was the child of Pierre FAUTEUX and Marie BERARD dite LÉPINE

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Children of Ambroise FAUTEUX and Marie-Christine BERARD dite LÉPINE:

Christine-Olive FAUTEUX (b.12 May 1818, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada d. , )
m. George PICHE 16 January 1849 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*

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1798 Birth
18 August 1798
Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Christine BERARD dite LÉPINE and Ambroise FAUTEUX 13 January 1817, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Birth of Child
Christine-Olive FAUTEUX was born 12 May 1818, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Marie-Christine was 19 years old.

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 - 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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Christine-Olive FAUTEUX married 16 January 1849, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)* to George PICHE

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)

1865 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ambroise FAUTEUX died 26 December 1865, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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.