Sophie ST-ARNAUD dite BERTRAND

(b. 2 January 1806 , Louiseville, Lower Canada d. 18 June 1873 , Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada )

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Sophie ST-ARNAUD dite BERTRAND was born 2 January 1806 in Louiseville, Lower Canada

Sophie ST-ARNAUD dite BERTRAND was the child of Louis-Joseph ST-ARNAUD dit BERTRAND and Marguerite DESY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BERTRAND dit ST-ARNAUD and Marie-Josephte LEREAU (L'HERAULT) (maternal) Michel DESY and Marie-Etiennette RHEAULT dite ALEXANDRE

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

Sophie married Alexis DECELLES 14 February 1831 in Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexis DECELLES was born 9 January 1806 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Alexis died 22 October 1881 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire). Alexis was the child of Michel DECELLES and Angelique BRISSETTE.

Sophie ST-ARNAUD dite BERTRAND died 18 June 1873 in Saint-Césaire, 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 Sophie ST-ARNAUD dite BERTRAND

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Sophie ST-ARNAUD dite BERTRAND married

Alexis DECELLES-- Date: 14 February 1831 Place: Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada

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Alexis DECELLES was the child of Michel DECELLES and Angelique BRISSETTE

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Children of Alexis DECELLES and Sophie ST-ARNAUD dite BERTRAND:

Marie DECELLES (b.abt. 1834, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada d. 18 February 1908, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Chrysostome GAGNE 13 June 1859 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

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1806 Birth
2 January 1806
Louiseville, 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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage / Partner
Sophie ST-ARNAUD dite BERTRAND and Alexis DECELLES 14 February 1831, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire)

She was 25 years old.

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.

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

1859 Marriage of Child
Marie DECELLES married 13 June 1859, Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire) to Jean-Chrysostome GAGNE

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.