François CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ

(b. 11 January 1800 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada d. 30 August 1873 , Wotton, Québec, Canada )

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François CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ was born 11 January 1800 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

François CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ was the child of Ignace CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ and Geneviève FRADET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ and Veronique FLEURET (maternal) Jean-François FRADET and Marie-Madeleine COUTURE

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

François married Angele COTE 15 April 1828 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angele COTE was born 17 March 1805 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Angele died abt. 1873 in Wotton, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hippolyte). Angele was the child of Joseph COTE and Angelique GAGNON.

François CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ died 30 August 1873 in Wotton, 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 François CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ

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François CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ married

Angele COTE-- Date: 15 April 1828 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada
Angele COTE was the child of Joseph COTE and Angelique GAGNON

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Children of François CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ and Angele COTE:

Angele CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ (b.28 March 1829, Sainte-Claire, Dorchester, Lower Canada d. 27 April 1903, Wotton, Québec, Canada )
m. Alexis GOUDREAU 13 January 1851 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix)

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1800 Birth
11 January 1800
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
François CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ and Angele COTE 15 April 1828, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Angele CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ was born 28 March 1829, Sainte-Claire, Dorchester, Québec, Canada

François was 29 years old.

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)

1851 Marriage of Child
Angele CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ married 13 January 1851, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec, Canada (St-Felix) to Alexis GOUDREAU

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.