Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS

(b. 25 February 1806 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada d. 26 August 1870 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS was born 25 February 1806 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS was the child of Charles BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Marguerite ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Daniel BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Marguerite NEVEU (maternal) Louis ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Marguerite CUSSON

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Jean-Baptiste married Francoise BAILLON dite LACOUTURE 21 July 1829 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise BAILLON dite LACOUTURE was born 23 December 1796 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Francoise died 4 July 1883 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand). Francoise was the child of Jacques BAILLON dit LACOUTURE and Marie SURPRENANT dite LAFONTAINE.

Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS died 26 August 1870 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, 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 Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS

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Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS married

Francoise BAILLON dite LACOUTURE-- Date: 21 July 1829 Place: Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Francoise BAILLON dite LACOUTURE was the child of Jacques BAILLON dit LACOUTURE and Marie SURPRENANT dite LAFONTAINE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Francoise BAILLON dite LACOUTURE:

Eleonore BENOIT (b.abt. 1829, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre POIRIER 24 September 1844 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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1806 Birth
25 February 1806
Marieville, Rouville, 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)

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

1829 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Francoise BAILLON dite LACOUTURE 21 July 1829, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

He was 23 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)

1844 Marriage of Child
Eleonore BENOIT married 24 September 1844, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Pierre POIRIER

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.