Julie VANASSE dite BASTIEN

(b. 28 December 1807 , Louiseville, Lower Canada d. 18 April 1882 , St-Paulin de Maskinongé, Québec, Canada )

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Julie VANASSE dite BASTIEN was born 28 December 1807 in Louiseville, Lower Canada

Julie VANASSE dite BASTIEN was the child of François VANASSE dit BASTIEN and Marie-Josephte SAUCIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph VANASSE dit BASTIEN and Françoise DUPUIS (maternal) Joseph SAUCIER and Josephe LEMAITRE dite AUGER

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Julie married Claude-Leandre LACOURSIERE 17 May 1830 in Louiseville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Claude-Leandre LACOURSIERE was born 1 January 1803 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Claude-Leandre died 8 October 1891 in St-Paulin de Maskinongé, Québec, Canada. Claude-Leandre was the child of Claude RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE and Genevieve TISDELE dite NOEL.

Julie VANASSE dite BASTIEN died 18 April 1882 in St-Paulin de Maskinongé, 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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Julie VANASSE dite BASTIEN married

Claude-Leandre LACOURSIERE-- Date: 17 May 1830 Place: Louiseville, Lower Canada
Claude-Leandre LACOURSIERE was the child of Claude RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE and Genevieve TISDELE dite NOEL

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Children of Claude-Leandre LACOURSIERE and Julie VANASSE dite BASTIEN:

Claude LACOURSIERE (b.6 August 1832, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada d. 10 November 1915, St-Alexis-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada)
m. Agathe BELANGER 9 August 1853

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1807 Birth
28 December 1807
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 Marriage / Partner
Julie VANASSE dite BASTIEN and Claude-Leandre LACOURSIERE 17 May 1830, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

She was 22 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Claude LACOURSIERE was born 6 August 1832, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

Julie was 24 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

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.