Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS

(b. 7 January 1823 , Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 20 June 1906 , St-Damien de Brandon, Berthier, Québec, Canada )

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Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS was born 7 January 1823 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS was the child of Toussaint GILBERT dit COMTOIS and Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles GILBERT dit COMTOIS and Charlotte POTHIER (maternal) Charles DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Josephe BERGERON

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

Elzear married Luce CROISETIERE 7 February 1853 in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Luce CROISETIERE was born 27 October 1833 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Luce died 23 January 1902 in St-Damien de Brandon, Quebec, Canada. Luce was the child of Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE and Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN).

Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS died 20 June 1906 in St-Damien de Brandon, Berthier, 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 Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS

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Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS married

Luce CROISETIERE-- Date: 7 February 1853 Place: Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Canada East
Luce CROISETIERE was the child of Jean-Baptiste CROISETIERE and Emilie TOUSSAINT (TOUZIN)

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Children of Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS and Luce CROISETIERE:

Alphonsine-Leontine GILBERT dite COMTOIS (b.abt. 1874, , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 December 1956, St-Damien de Brandon, Berthier, Québec, Canada)
m. Gedeon BARIL 8 May 1894

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1823 Birth
7 January 1823
Berthierville, Lower Canada

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)

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.

1853 Marriage / Partner
Elzear GILBERT dit COMTOIS and Luce CROISETIERE 7 February 1853, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gabriel)

He was 30 years old.

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.