François Xavier GERIN dit LAJOIE

(b. 20 November 1831 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. 9/1/1900 , Wild Rice, North Dakota, USA )
Age: 68

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François Xavier GERIN dit LAJOIE was born 20 November 1831 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada

François Xavier GERIN dit LAJOIE was the child of André GUERIN dit LAJOIE (GERIN) and Victoire CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) André GUERIN dit LAJOIE (GERIN) and Ursule RIVARD (maternal) Charles CARON and Françoise RIVARD dite DUFRESNE

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

François Xavier married Marie-Caroline DUPONT . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Caroline DUPONT was born 27 December 1835 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marie-Caroline died 2/19/1905 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marie-Caroline was the child of Charles DUPONT and Marguerite FALARDEAU.

François Xavier GERIN dit LAJOIE died 9/1/1900 in Wild Rice, North Dakota, USA.
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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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François Xavier GERIN dit LAJOIE married

Marie-Caroline DUPONT-- Place:
Marie-Caroline DUPONT was the child of Charles DUPONT and Marguerite FALARDEAU

Children of François Xavier GERIN dit LAJOIE and Marie-Caroline DUPONT:

Charles GERIN dit LAJOIE (b.14 January 1857, Yamachiche, Canada East d. abt. 1921, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA)
m. Eleonore GELINAS 14 January 1879 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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1831 Birth
20 November 1831
Yamachiche, Lower Canada

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

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)

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 Birth of Child
Charles GERIN dit LAJOIE was born 14 January 1857, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

François Xavier was 25 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Marriage of Child
Charles GERIN dit LAJOIE married 14 January 1879 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Eleonore GELINAS

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)