Marie ORION dite CHAMPAGNE

(b. 5 September 1790 , Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 June 1870 , Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada )

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Marie ORION dite CHAMPAGNE was born 5 September 1790 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie ORION dite CHAMPAGNE was the child of Firmin ORION dit CHAMPAGNE and Marguerite-Judith GAUDET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles ORION dit CHAMPAGNE (ORILLON) and Anne Jeanne RICHARD (maternal) Joseph GAUDET and Marie Josephe COMEAU

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

Marie married Joseph-Antoine LEBLANC 14 January 1822 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph-Antoine LEBLANC was born 23 January 1777 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Joseph-Antoine died 9 February 1851 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Antoine was the child of Joseph LEBLANC and Marguerite DAVID dite LACOURSE.

Marie ORION dite CHAMPAGNE died 24 June 1870 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, 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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Marie ORION dite CHAMPAGNE married

Joseph-Antoine LEBLANC-- Date: 14 January 1822 Place: Nicolet, Lower Canada
Joseph-Antoine LEBLANC was the child of Joseph LEBLANC and Marguerite DAVID dite LACOURSE

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Children of Joseph-Antoine LEBLANC and Marie ORION dite CHAMPAGNE:

Victoire LEBLANC (b.23 July 1827, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. abt. 1884, Nicolet, Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre CHAMPAGNE 1 July 1845 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Delima LEBLANC (b.19 April 1834, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 26 September 1907, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada)
m. Severe AUGER 30 April 1861 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

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1790 Birth
5 September 1790
Nicolet, 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)

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Marie ORION dite CHAMPAGNE and Joseph-Antoine LEBLANC 14 January 1822, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

She was 31 years old.

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)

1827 Birth of Child
Victoire LEBLANC was born 23 July 1827, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marie was 36 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1834 Birth of Child
Delima LEBLANC was born 19 April 1834, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marie was 43 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)

1845 Marriage of Child
Victoire LEBLANC married 1 July 1845, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada to Pierre CHAMPAGNE

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1851 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph-Antoine LEBLANC died 9 February 1851, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

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

1861 Marriage of Child
Delima LEBLANC married 30 April 1861, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada to Severe AUGER

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.