Charlotte MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS

(b. 22 September 1788 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 April 1832 , Varennes, Lower Canada )

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Charlotte MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS was born 22 September 1788 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Charlotte MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS was the child of Augustin MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS and Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS and Marie-Josephte MONGEAU (maternal) Jean-Charles LOISEAU (LOZEAU) and Marie-Madeleine LUSSIER

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Charlotte married Etienne JODOIN 19 February 1810 in Varennes, Lower Canada . Etienne JODOIN was born 21 May 1786 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Etienne died 14 October 1857 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Etienne was the child of Joseph JODOIN and Angelique DALPE dite PARISEAU.

Charlotte MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS died 16 April 1832 in Varennes, Lower Canada .

married Eteinne Jodoin, 19 February 1810, Varennes, Quebec

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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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Charlotte MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS married

Etienne JODOIN-- Date: 19 February 1810 Place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Etienne JODOIN was the child of Joseph JODOIN and Angelique DALPE dite PARISEAU

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1788 Birth
22 September 1788
Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte MESSIER dite ST-FRANÇOIS and Etienne JODOIN 19 February 1810, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 21 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