Onesime LAPORTE

(b. abt. 1829 , Québec Province, Canada d. 26 February 1898 , Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada )

Am I Your Ancestor?
LAPORTE Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!

What started out as our family is now your’s too!

Onesime LAPORTE was born abt. 1829 in Québec Province, Canada

Onesime LAPORTE was the child of Olivier LAPORTE and Julie LETOURNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) François LAPORTE and Josephte LEDOUX dite DELISLE (maternal) Joseph LETOURNEAU and Josephte BEIQUE dite LAFLEUR

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

Onesime married Simon GREGOIRE 7 November 1843 in Iberville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Simon GREGOIRE was born 19 June 1819 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Simon was the child of Joseph GREGOIRE and Monique MARTIN.

Onesime LAPORTE died 26 February 1898 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Onesime appear below.

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.

A Glimpse into the Life of the Average Woman in Mid-19th Century Quebec

The Definitive Guide for Researching Your French-Canadian Ancestors in 2025

Family and Children of Onesime LAPORTE

[Hide/Show]

Onesime LAPORTE married

Simon GREGOIRE-- Date: 7 November 1843 Place: Iberville, Canada East
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Simon GREGOIRE was the child of Joseph GREGOIRE and Monique MARTIN

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Simon GREGOIRE and Onesime LAPORTE:

Simon GREGOIRE (b.10 April 1846, Henryville, Canada East d. 16 April 1846, Henryville, Canada East )

Odile GREGOIRE (b.abt. 1847, Henryville, Canada East d. May 1937, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA)
m. Alphonse-Hubert FOURNIER 20 October 1879 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Adeline GREGOIRE (b.24 December 1847, Henryville, Canada East d. , )

Celina GREGOIRE (b.1 January 1848, Henryville, Canada East d. 20 January 1848, Henryville, Canada East )

Aglae GREGOIRE (b.11 January 1851, Henryville, Canada East d. abt. 1910, )
m. Joseph MARTIN 19 February 1882 in Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville)

Alphonsine GREGOIRE (b.12 August 1854, Henryville, Canada East d. 20 April 1939, Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Québec, Canada)
m. Moise AUDETTE 7 October 1889 in Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

Delima GREGOIRE (b.abt. 1857, Henryville, Canada East d. , )

Narcisse GREGOIRE (b.10 September 1859, Henryville, Canada East d. 13 March 1864, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East)

Camille GREGOIRE (b.5 December 1861, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East d. , )
m. Clemence DELORME 9 September 1889 in Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

Marie-Azilda GREGOIRE (b.6 October 1863, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Canada East d. , )

Alphonse GREGOIRE (b.3 March 1867, Wanagan, Quebec, Canada d. 29 November 1945, St Albans, Vermont, USA)
m. Arsina LAREAU 1 May 1894

Stanislas GREGOIRE (b.abt. 1870, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Share the History, Life Events, and Stories of Onesime LAPORTE
(Add details like birth, baptism, census records, military service, obituary, personal achievements, and more.)

[Hide/Show]

Discovering the Ancestry of Onesime LAPORTE: Events, Photos & Historical Records

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

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)

1843 Marriage / Partner
Onesime LAPORTE and Simon GREGOIRE 7 November 1843, Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury)

1843 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Simon GREGOIRE was born 10 April 1846, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

1847 Birth of Child
Adeline GREGOIRE was born 24 December 1847, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

1848 Birth of Child
Celina GREGOIRE was born 1 January 1848, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

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

1851 Birth of Child
Aglae GREGOIRE was born 11 January 1851, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Alphonsine GREGOIRE was born 12 August 1854, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

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

1859 Birth of Child
Narcisse GREGOIRE was born 10 September 1859, Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville)

1861 Birth of Child
Camille GREGOIRE was born 5 December 1861, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

1863 Birth of Child
Marie-Azilda GREGOIRE was born 6 October 1863, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Child
Narcisse GREGOIRE died 13 March 1864, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada

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.

1867 Birth of Child
Alphonse GREGOIRE was born 3 March 1867, Wanagan, Quebec, Canada

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1879 Marriage of Child
Odile GREGOIRE married 20 October 1879, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada to Alphonse-Hubert FOURNIER

1881 - St-Alexandre, Iberville, Quebec
Name: Onézime Grégoire
Gender: Female
Age: 52y
Birth Year: 1829
Birthplace: Quebec
Marital Status: Married
Ethnicity: French
Religion: Catholique
Head of Household Name: Simon Grégoire
Event Place: St-Alexandre, Iberville, Quebec, Canada
District Number: 64
Sub-District: D
Division: 1
Family Number: 176
Affiliate Film Number: C-13203
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Simon Grégoire Male 60y Quebec
Onézime Grégoire Female 52y Quebec
Aglaé Grégoire Female 26y Quebec
Alphonsine Grégoire Female 24y Quebec
Delima Grégoire Female 22y Quebec
Camil Gregoire Male 19y Quebec
Alphonse Gregoire Male 13y Quebec
Stanislas Gregoire Male 11y Quebec
1881 Canadian Census
History of Canada: A Captivating Guide to Canadian History

1882 Marriage of Child
Aglae GREGOIRE married 19 February 1882, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville) to Joseph MARTIN

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

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

1885 - November 7 - Canadian Pacific railroad completed (Montreal to Vancouver)

1887 - June 23 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

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

1889 Marriage of Child
Camille GREGOIRE married 9 September 1889, Saint-Alexandre, Iberville, Québec, Canada to Clemence DELORME

1889 Marriage of Child
Alphonsine GREGOIRE married 7 October 1889 , Iberville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Athanase-de-Bleury) to Moise AUDETTE

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

1891 - June 16 - John Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1892 - December 5 - John Sparrow David Thompson becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1894 - December 21 - Mackenzie Bowell becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - May 1 - Charles Tupper becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1896 - July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Prime Minister of Canada