Abraham-Francois LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER

(b. 8 May 1778 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 July 1865 , Saint-Fabien, Canada East )

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Abraham-Francois LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER was born 8 May 1778 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Abraham-Francois LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Marie-Genevieve FOURNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Geneviève LAURENDEAU (maternal) Pierre-Basile FOURNIER and Marie-Madeleine LANGLOIS

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

Abraham-Francois married Marie-Modeste THIBAULT 24 November 1812 in Montmagny, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Modeste THIBAULT was born 15 December 1785 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Modeste died 23 February 1832 in Saint-Fabien, Québec, Canada. Marie-Modeste was the child of Etienne THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT) and Brigitte GAGNE dite BELLAVANCE.

Abraham-Francois LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER died 5 July 1865 in Saint-Fabien, 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 Abraham-Francois LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER

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Abraham-Francois LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER married

Marie-Modeste THIBAULT-- Date: 24 November 1812 Place: Montmagny, Lower Canada
Marie-Modeste THIBAULT was the child of Etienne THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT) and Brigitte GAGNE dite BELLAVANCE

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Children of Abraham-Francois LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Marie-Modeste THIBAULT:

Vitaline LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER (b.9 February 1824, Montmagny, Lower Canada d. 26 March 1908, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada )
m. Louis FOURNIER 18 November 1845 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1778 Birth
8 May 1778
Montmagny, 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)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Abraham-Francois LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Marie-Modeste THIBAULT 24 November 1812, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 34 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)

1824 Birth of Child
Vitaline LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER was born 9 February 1824, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Abraham-Francois was 45 years old.

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

1832 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Modeste THIBAULT died 23 February 1832, Saint-Fabien, Québec, 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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Vitaline LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER married 18 November 1845, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Louis FOURNIER

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)

1865 Death
5 July 1865
Saint-Fabien, Canada East

He died at the age of 87.

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