Helene ROCHEFORT dite LURET

(b. 19 October 1794 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada d. 13 June 1881 , Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )

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Helene ROCHEFORT dite LURET was born 19 October 1794 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Helene ROCHEFORT dite LURET was the child of Augustin ROCHEFORT dit LURET and Helene SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Marie-Françoise DEVIN (maternal) Louis-Prisque SIMARD and Geneviève LAVOIE

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

Helene married Gregoire GAGNON 7 January 1813 in Les Éboulements, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Gregoire GAGNON was born 11 May 1787 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Gregoire died 22 April 1875 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Gregoire was the child of Alexis GAGNON and Elisabeth TREMBLAY.

Helene ROCHEFORT dite LURET died 13 June 1881 in Les Éboulements, 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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Helene ROCHEFORT dite LURET married

Gregoire GAGNON-- Date: 7 January 1813 Place: Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
Gregoire GAGNON was the child of Alexis GAGNON and Elisabeth TREMBLAY

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Children of Gregoire GAGNON and Helene ROCHEFORT dite LURET:

Josephine GAGNON (b.11 April 1815, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 22 April 1893, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Augustin GRAVEL 28 August 1832 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Joseph GAGNON (b.28 September 1817, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 24 December 1901, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Zoe GRAVEL 11 August 1845 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Domithilde GAGNON (b.24 November 1826, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. 26 May 1904, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada )
m. Jovite BERGERON 27 January 1846 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Zenobie GAGNON (b.30 December 1829, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Donat TREMBLAY 11 February 1850 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

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1794 Birth
19 October 1794
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Helene ROCHEFORT dite LURET and Gregoire GAGNON 7 January 1813, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

She was 18 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Josephine GAGNON was born 11 April 1815, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Helene was 20 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Joseph GAGNON was born 28 September 1817, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Helene was 22 years old.

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)

1826 Birth of Child
Domithilde GAGNON was born 24 November 1826, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Helene was 32 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1829 Birth of Child
Zenobie GAGNON was born 30 December 1829, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Helene was 35 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage of Child
Josephine GAGNON married 28 August 1832, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Augustin GRAVEL

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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Joseph GAGNON married 11 August 1845, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Zoe GRAVEL

1846 Marriage of Child
Domithilde GAGNON married 27 January 1846, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Jovite BERGERON

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

1850 Marriage of Child
Zenobie GAGNON married 11 February 1850, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Donat TREMBLAY

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.