Joseph-Jean LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

(b. 31 December 1777 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 November 1872 , Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Jean LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES was born 31 December 1777 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph-Jean LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES was the child of François LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Josephte HOUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François LAPORTE and Marie-Louise CHEFDEVERGUE dite LAROSE (maternal) Joseph HOUDE and Josephe BARON

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

Joseph-Jean married Marie-Anne ARSENAULT 11 November 1802 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne ARSENAULT was born 20 March 1778 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Anne died 5 March 1822 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre ARSENAULT and Marie-Charlotte LEFEBVRE.

Joseph-Jean married (2) Marguerite ARPIN dite POITEVIN 14 March 1823 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite ARPIN dite POITEVIN was born 1 April 1795 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Marguerite was the child of René-Philippe HERPIN (ARPIN) and Marie BELLET (BLET).

Joseph-Jean LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES died 20 November 1872 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, 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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Family and Children of Joseph-Jean LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

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Joseph-Jean LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES married

Marie-Anne ARSENAULT-- Date: 11 November 1802 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne ARSENAULT was the child of Pierre ARSENAULT and Marie-Charlotte LEFEBVRE

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Children of Joseph-Jean LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Anne ARSENAULT:

Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES (b.25 May 1813, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 8 September 1874, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Emelia GOUIN 14 February 1832 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Joseph-Jean LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES married

Marguerite ARPIN dite POITEVIN-- Date: 14 March 1823 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Marguerite ARPIN dite POITEVIN was the child of René-Philippe HERPIN (ARPIN) and Marie BELLET (BLET)

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Children of Joseph-Jean LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marguerite ARPIN dite POITEVIN:

Julie LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES (b.abt. 1824, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1777 Birth
31 December 1777
Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1802 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Jean LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Anne ARSENAULT 11 November 1802, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 24 years old.

1813 Birth of Child
Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES was born 25 May 1813, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Joseph-Jean was 35 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

1822 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne ARSENAULT died 5 March 1822, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

1823 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Jean LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marguerite ARPIN dite POITEVIN 14 March 1823, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 45 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)

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Marriage of Child
Felix LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES married 14 February 1832, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Emelia GOUIN

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)

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

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.