Simon SUREAU dit BLONDIN

(b. 28 October 1752 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 25 December 1839 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Simon SUREAU dit BLONDIN was born 28 October 1752 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Simon SUREAU dit BLONDIN was the child of Simon-Pierre SUREAU dit BLONDIN and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle CARDINAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles SUREAU dit BLONDIN and Anne CHARLES LAJEUNESSE (maternal) Jean LEROUX dit CARDINAL and Marie-Jeanne GALARNEAU

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Simon married Marie-Amable LACHAINE dite JOLICOEUR 26 January 1795 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada . Marie-Amable LACHAINE dite JOLICOEUR was born abt. 1777 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Amable died 7 November 1826 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Marie-Amable was the child of Pierre LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR and Marie-Amable GAUTHIER.

Simon SUREAU dit BLONDIN died 25 December 1839 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada .

m. Lachaine Marie-Amable

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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-Amable LACHAINE dite JOLICOEUR-- Date: 26 January 1795 Place: Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada
Marie-Amable LACHAINE dite JOLICOEUR was the child of Pierre LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR and Marie-Amable GAUTHIER

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1752 Birth
28 October 1752
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

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)

1795 Marriage / Partner
Simon SUREAU dit BLONDIN and Marie-Amable LACHAINE dite JOLICOEUR 26 January 1795, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

He was 42 years old.

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

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)