Augustin-Sabbas LAPRE dit PETIT

(b. 5 December 1773 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. abt. 1842 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East )

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Augustin-Sabbas LAPRE dit PETIT was born 5 December 1773 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Augustin-Sabbas LAPRE dit PETIT was the child of Louis PETIT dit LAPRÉ and Marie-Josephte CASAVANT dite LADÉBAUCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PETIT dit LAPRÉ and Marie-Geneviève LEMAIRE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE and Marie-Josephte VEGIARD dite LABONTÉ

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Augustin-Sabbas married Marie-Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT 28 October 1805 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT was born 26 February 1782 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Elisabeth died 9 December 1859 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Elisabeth was the child of Jean-Baptiste ARCHAMBAULT and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle BOUSQUET.

Augustin-Sabbas LAPRE dit PETIT died abt. 1842 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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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Augustin-Sabbas LAPRE dit PETIT married

Marie-Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT-- Date: 28 October 1805 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Marie-Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste ARCHAMBAULT and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle BOUSQUET

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Children of Augustin-Sabbas LAPRE dit PETIT and Marie-Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT:

Louis-Christophe PETIT (b.22 May 1808, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )

Marie Angélique (Angele) PETIT dite LAPRE (b.20 September 1810, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 13 June 1857, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East)
m. Jean ARCHAMBAULT 21 September 1830 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1773 Birth
5 December 1773
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

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)

1805 Marriage / Partner
Augustin-Sabbas LAPRE dit PETIT and Marie-Elisabeth ARCHAMBAULT 28 October 1805, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 31 years old.

Augustin-Sabbas LAPRE dit PETIT - 1805 marriage

1805 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1808 Birth of Child
Louis-Christophe PETIT was born 22 May 1808, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin-Sabbas was 34 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Marie Angélique (Angele) PETIT dite LAPRE was born 20 September 1810, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Augustin-Sabbas was 36 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)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - St. Denis
Name: Augustin Lapré
Number of Inhabitants: 9
Sub-District: St. Denis
County/ District: Richelieu
Volume Number: 2
Page: 600
Digital Folder Number: 004569586
Image Number: 00346
Affiliate Publication Title: 1825 Lower Canada Census
Affiliate Publication Number: MG 31 C1
Affiliate Film Number: C-717

'Canada, recensement du Bas-Canada, 1825,' database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:KHJZ-1FL : accessed 1 March 2016), Augustin Lapré, St. Denis, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada; citing p. 600, volume 2, MG 31 C1; Library and Archives Canada microfilm number C-717, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,443,957.
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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

1830 Marriage of Child
Marie Angélique (Angele) PETIT dite LAPRE married 21 September 1830, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Jean ARCHAMBAULT

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

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