Charles LURET dit ROCHEFORT

(b. abt. 1800 , Québec Province, Canada d. 30 August 1889 , Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada )

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Charles LURET dit ROCHEFORT was born abt. 1800 in Québec Province, Canada

Charles LURET dit ROCHEFORT was the child of Jean-Baptiste LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Madeleine LEVESQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Marie-Françoise DEVIN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie-Madeleine DUBE

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

Charles married Marguerite PARENT 7 April 1823 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite PARENT was born 28 August 1798 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 11 July 1875 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marguerite was the child of Michel PARENT and Marie Judith JOSSE.

Charles LURET dit ROCHEFORT died 30 August 1889 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Charles LURET dit ROCHEFORT married

Marguerite PARENT-- Date: 7 April 1823 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Marguerite PARENT was the child of Michel PARENT and Marie Judith JOSSE

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Children of Charles LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Marguerite PARENT:

Henriette ROCHEFORT (DURETTE) (b.24 August 1826, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 14 March 1900, Ste-Angèle-de-Mérici, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada)
m. Bernard LEVESQUE 26 May 1844 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Charles LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Marguerite PARENT 7 April 1823, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Henriette ROCHEFORT (DURETTE) was born 24 August 1826, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Henriette ROCHEFORT (DURETTE) married 26 May 1844, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Bernard LEVESQUE

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.