Theotiste BOULIANNE dite SUISSE

(b. abt. 1780 , Québec Province, Canada d. 26 October 1856 , La Malbaie, Canada East )

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Theotiste BOULIANNE dite SUISSE was born abt. 1780 in Québec Province, Canada

Theotiste BOULIANNE dite SUISSE was the child of Louis-Marie BOULIANNE dit LE SUISSE and Genevieve CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean Marc BOULIANNE dit LE SUISSE and Charlotte SAVARD (maternal) François CARON and Gertrude DELAGE

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Theotiste married Joseph TREMBLAY 28 October 1805 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Joseph TREMBLAY was born 12 February 1780 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Joseph died 1 December 1862 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Joseph was the child of François TREMBLAY and Madeleine BAUCHER dite MORENCY.

Theotiste BOULIANNE dite SUISSE died 26 October 1856 in La Malbaie, Canada East .
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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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Theotiste BOULIANNE dite SUISSE married

Joseph TREMBLAY-- Date: 28 October 1805 Place: La Malbaie, Lower Canada
Joseph TREMBLAY was the child of François TREMBLAY and Madeleine BAUCHER dite MORENCY

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Children of Joseph TREMBLAY and Theotiste BOULIANNE dite SUISSE:

Agathe TREMBLAY (b.22 March 1807, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )

Christine TREMBLAY (b.4 January 1809, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Ambroise TREMBLAY 2 March 1829 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Geneviève TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1811, , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 November 1865, La Malbaie, Canada East )

Hyacinthe TREMBLAY (b.12 October 1819, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 7 April 1905, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )
m. Clothilde TREMBLAY 2 February 1841 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1823, , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 December 1865, La Malbaie, Canada East )
m. Adele DALLAIRE 14 February 1849 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Emilie TREMBLAY (b.abt. 1830, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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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)

1805 Marriage / Partner
Theotiste BOULIANNE dite SUISSE and Joseph TREMBLAY 28 October 1805, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1807 Birth of Child
Agathe TREMBLAY was born 22 March 1807, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

1809 Birth of Child
Christine TREMBLAY was born 4 January 1809, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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.

1819 Birth of Child
Hyacinthe TREMBLAY was born 12 October 1819, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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)

1829 Marriage of Child
Christine TREMBLAY married 2 March 1829, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Ambroise TREMBLAY

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 Marriage of Child
Hyacinthe TREMBLAY married 2 February 1841, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Clothilde TREMBLAY

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)

1849 Marriage of Child
Joseph TREMBLAY married 14 February 1849, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic) to Adele DALLAIRE

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.