Josephte FREGEAU dite LAPLANCHE

(b. 11 June 1788 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 December 1850 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East )

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Josephte FREGEAU dite LAPLANCHE was born 11 June 1788 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada

Josephte FREGEAU dite LAPLANCHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste FREGEAU dit LAPLANCHE and Marie-Josephte LANOUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Noel FREGEAU dit LA PLANCHE and Marie-Louise QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME (maternal) Louis-Marie LANOUE dit LAGUE and Marie-Louise THERRIEN

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Josephte married Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD dit RENAUD 21 January 1807 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD dit RENAUD was born 10 February 1785 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 7 March 1857 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Jean-Baptiste was the child of François BLANCHARD dit RENAUD and Marie-Charlotte LEVESQUE.

Josephte FREGEAU dite LAPLANCHE died 17 December 1850 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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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Josephte FREGEAU dite LAPLANCHE married

Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD dit RENAUD-- Date: 21 January 1807 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD dit RENAUD was the child of François BLANCHARD dit RENAUD and Marie-Charlotte LEVESQUE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD dit RENAUD and Josephte FREGEAU dite LAPLANCHE:

Onesime BLANCHARD (b.24 January 1825, , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 February 1927, Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Amable GABOURY 13 October 1846 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

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1788 Birth
11 June 1788
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1807 Marriage / Partner
Josephte FREGEAU dite LAPLANCHE and Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD dit RENAUD 21 January 1807, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

She was 18 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)

1825 Birth of Child
Onesime BLANCHARD was born 24 January 1825, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Josephte was 36 years old.

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)

1846 Marriage of Child
Onesime BLANCHARD married 13 October 1846, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) to Amable GABOURY

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)