Michel GERMAIN dit BELISLE

(b. 21 August 1831 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada d. 21 December 1910 , Penetaguishene, Ontario, Canada )

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Michel GERMAIN dit BELISLE was born 21 August 1831 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Michel GERMAIN dit BELISLE was the child of Joseph GERMAIN dit BELISLE and Josephte ROBERGE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François GERMAIN dit BELISLE and Charlotte PROVOST (PREVOST) (maternal) Louis-Prisque ROBERGE and Josephte HAMEL

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

Michel married Marie-Anne LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES abt. 1862 in Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was born abt. 1841 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne died 28 September 1895 in Penetanguishene, Simcoe County East, Ontario, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Rose DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE.

Michel GERMAIN dit BELISLE died 21 December 1910 in Penetaguishene, Ontario, 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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Michel GERMAIN dit BELISLE married

Marie-Anne LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES-- Date: abt. 1862 Place: Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Canada East
Marie-Anne LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Rose DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

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Children of Michel GERMAIN dit BELISLE and Marie-Anne LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES:

Odina BELISLE (b.24 May 1871, Lafontaine, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada d. , Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada)
m. Joseph-Arthur CAPISTRAN 18 April 1893

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1831 Birth
21 August 1831
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

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.

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.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1871 Birth of Child
Odina BELISLE was born 24 May 1871, Lafontaine, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada

Michel was 39 years old.

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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)

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

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

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1895 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES died 28 September 1895, Penetanguishene, Simcoe County East, Ontario, Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - January 22 - Edward VII becomes King of England

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1910 Death
21 December 1910
Penetaguishene, Ontario, Canada

He died at the age of 79.

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