Raphael ELIE dit BRETON

(b. 5 November 1783 , Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 May 1871 , St-Elzear, Beauce, Quebec, Canada )

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Raphael ELIE dit BRETON was born 5 November 1783 in Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada

Raphael ELIE dit BRETON was the child of Joseph-Marie ELIE dit BRETON and Jeanne VACHON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU dite RÉMILLARD (maternal) Jean-Baptiste VACHON and Angélique GARNIER (GRENIER)

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

Raphael married Charlotte LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE 8 October 1805 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Charlotte LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE was born 4 May 1780 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Charlotte died 14 November 1840 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Charlotte was the child of Joseph-Henri LAMBERT dit CHAMPAGNE and Charlotte DUPUIS dite GILBERT.

Raphael ELIE dit BRETON died 24 May 1871 in St-Elzear, Beauce, Quebec, 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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Raphael ELIE dit BRETON married

Charlotte LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE-- Date: 8 October 1805 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

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Charlotte LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE was the child of Joseph-Henri LAMBERT dit CHAMPAGNE and Charlotte DUPUIS dite GILBERT

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Children of Raphael ELIE dit BRETON and Charlotte LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE:

Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON (b.19 July 1806, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Olivier RACINE 18 February 1828 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Raphael BRETON (b.abt. 1822, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Phebee LAVOIE 12 October 1847 in La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori)

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1783 Birth
5 November 1783
Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1805 Marriage / Partner
Raphael ELIE dit BRETON and Charlotte LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE 8 October 1805, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1806 Birth of Child
Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON was born 19 July 1806, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Raphael was 22 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)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1828 Marriage of Child
Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON married 18 February 1828, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Olivier RACINE

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

1840 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charlotte LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE died 14 November 1840, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Raphael BRETON married 12 October 1847, La Baie, Québec, Canada (Grande-Baie) (Bagotville) (Port-Alfred) (Saint-Alexis) (Ha Ha Bay) (St-Alphonse-de-Liguori) to Phebee LAVOIE

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.