Jean TALBOT dit GERVAIS

(b. 18 August 1826 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada d. 7 June 1901 , St-Ferdinand d'Halifax, Mégantic, Québec, Canada )

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Jean TALBOT dit GERVAIS was born 18 August 1826 in Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Jean TALBOT dit GERVAIS was the child of ? and ?

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Jean married Marie-Josephine NOLET 23 January 1849 in Saint-Henri, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephine NOLET was born 8 November 1826 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Marie-Josephine died 28 March 1910 in St-Ferdinand d'Halifax, Mégantic, Québec, Canada.

Jean TALBOT dit GERVAIS died 7 June 1901 in St-Ferdinand d'Halifax, Mégantic, 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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Jean TALBOT dit GERVAIS married

Marie-Josephine NOLET-- Date: 23 January 1849 Place: Saint-Henri, Canada East

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Children of Jean TALBOT dit GERVAIS and Marie-Josephine NOLET:

Simeon TALBOT (b.15 November 1858, Mégantic, Quebec, Canada d. 15 March 1933, Black Lake, L'Amiante, Québec, Canada)
m. Eleonore TANGUAY 28 February 1876

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1826 Birth
18 August 1826
Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

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

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)

1849 Marriage / Partner
Jean TALBOT dit GERVAIS and Marie-Josephine NOLET 23 January 1849, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

He was 22 years old.

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

1858 Birth of Child
Simeon TALBOT was born 15 November 1858, Mégantic, Quebec, Canada

Jean was 32 years old.

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.