Louise GUERIN dite LAFONTAINE

(b. 19 February 1793 , Sault-St-Louis, Lower Canada d. 6 December 1873 , Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada )

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Louise GUERIN dite LAFONTAINE was born 19 February 1793 in Sault-St-Louis, Lower Canada

Louise GUERIN dite LAFONTAINE was the child of Joseph GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE and Elisabeth BRAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GUERIN dit LAFONTAINE and Louise ROBIDOUX (maternal) Joseph BREAU (BRAULT) and Marie PICOT

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

Louise married Michel MOISE 9 January 1809 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel MOISE was born 22 October 1782 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Michel died 9 August 1862 in Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough). Michel was the child of Ribogert DUPUIS dit MOYSE and Marie-Judith-Angelique ROGER (ROGERY).

Louise GUERIN dite LAFONTAINE died 6 December 1873 in Franklin Centre, 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 Louise GUERIN dite LAFONTAINE

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Louise GUERIN dite LAFONTAINE married

Michel MOISE-- Date: 9 January 1809 Place: Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Michel MOISE was the child of Ribogert DUPUIS dit MOYSE and Marie-Judith-Angelique ROGER (ROGERY)

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Children of Michel MOISE and Louise GUERIN dite LAFONTAINE:

Christine MOISE (b.abt. 1817, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Casimire REMILLARD 22 October 1850 in Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada

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1793 Birth
19 February 1793
Sault-St-Louis, Lower Canada

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

1809 Marriage / Partner
Louise GUERIN dite LAFONTAINE and Michel MOISE 9 January 1809, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

She was 15 years old.

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)

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)

1850 Marriage of Child
Christine MOISE married 22 October 1850, Sainte-Martine, Québec, Canada to Casimire REMILLARD

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

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Michel MOISE died 9 August 1862, Franklin Centre, Québec, Canada (St-Antoine-Abbé) (Starnesborough)

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.