Louis-Ambrose JEAN dit VIENS

(b. 7 December 1777 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada d. abt. 1871 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

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Louis-Ambrose JEAN dit VIENS was born 7 December 1777 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Louis-Ambrose JEAN dit VIENS was the child of Joseph VIENS and Veronique THÉROUX dite LACERTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre JEAN dit VIENS and Catherine CANTARA (maternal) Pierre THÉROUX dit LAFERTÉ and Marie-Rose COITOU

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

Louis-Ambrose married Angelique ROBIDOUX abt. 1805 in Québec, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique ROBIDOUX was born 7 January 1782 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Angelique died 16 July 1830 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).

Louis-Ambrose JEAN dit VIENS died abt. 1871 in Yamaska, 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-Ambrose JEAN dit VIENS married

Angelique ROBIDOUX-- Date: abt. 1805 Place: Québec, Lower Canada

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Children of Louis-Ambrose JEAN dit VIENS and Angelique ROBIDOUX:

Sophie VIENS (b.25 January 1820, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 3 October 1872, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Pierre LARENE dit JULIEN

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1777 Birth
7 December 1777
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

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 Birth of Child
Sophie VIENS was born 25 January 1820, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Louis-Ambrose was 42 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

1830 Death of Spouse/Partner
Angelique ROBIDOUX died 16 July 1830, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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.