Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

(b. 17 January 1803 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada d. 9 January 1852 , Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East )

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Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was born 17 January 1803 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was the child of Charles DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Josephe BERGERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Elisabeth BLAIS (maternal) Michel BERGERON and Josephte MASSON

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Marie-Louise married Toussaint GILBERT dit COMTOIS 24 August 1818 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Toussaint GILBERT dit COMTOIS was born 21 September 1798 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Toussaint died 30 April 1893 in Saint-Damien, Quebec, Canada. Toussaint was the child of Charles GILBERT dit COMTOIS and Charlotte POTHIER.

Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD died 9 January 1852 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

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Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD married

Toussaint GILBERT dit COMTOIS-- Date: 24 August 1818 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Toussaint GILBERT dit COMTOIS was the child of Charles GILBERT dit COMTOIS and Charlotte POTHIER

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Children of Toussaint GILBERT dit COMTOIS and Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD:

Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS (b.7 January 1823, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 20 June 1906, St-Damien de Brandon, Berthier, Québec, Canada)
m. Luce CROISETIERE 7 February 1853 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

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1803 Birth
17 January 1803
Lanoraie, 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.

1818 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD and Toussaint GILBERT dit COMTOIS 24 August 1818, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 15 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Birth of Child
Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS was born 7 January 1823, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Louise was 19 years old.

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)