Henri LALANCETTE dit BRETON

(b. 4 April 1834 , Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada d. 24 October 1889 , Jonquière, Québec, Canada )

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Henri LALANCETTE dit BRETON was born 4 April 1834 in Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada

Henri LALANCETTE dit BRETON was the child of Jean-Baptiste LALANCETTE dit BRETON and Eloise BRASSARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Andre LEBRETON dit LALANCETTE and Marie ST-LAURENT (maternal) Alexis BRASSARD and Madeleine DESBIENS

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

Henri married Emilienne SIMARD 26 April 1854 in Sainte-Agnès, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Emilienne SIMARD was born 28 August 1832 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Emilienne died 15 January 1900 in Jonquière, Québec, Canada. Emilienne was the child of Joseph SIMARD and Marie BOUDREAU.

Henri LALANCETTE dit BRETON died 24 October 1889 in Jonquière, 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 Henri LALANCETTE dit BRETON

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Henri LALANCETTE dit BRETON married

Emilienne SIMARD-- Date: 26 April 1854 Place: Sainte-Agnès, Canada East
Emilienne SIMARD was the child of Joseph SIMARD and Marie BOUDREAU

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Children of Henri LALANCETTE dit BRETON and Emilienne SIMARD:

Louise LALANCETTE (b.7 July 1864, , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 January 1947, Jonquière, Québec, Canada)
m. Jean "Johnny" TREMBLAY 20 November 1923 in Jonquière, Québec, Canada

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1834 Birth
4 April 1834
Sainte-Agnès, Lower Canada

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.

1854 Marriage / Partner
Henri LALANCETTE dit BRETON and Emilienne SIMARD 26 April 1854, Sainte-Agnès, Québec, Canada (Ste-Agnes-de-Charlevoix)

He was 20 years old.

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)

1864 Birth of Child
Louise LALANCETTE was born 7 July 1864, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Henri was 30 years old.

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.