Catherine BÉRARD dite LEPINE

(b. 7 July 1785 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 March 1873 , Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada )

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Catherine BÉRARD dite LEPINE was born 7 July 1785 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Catherine BÉRARD dite LEPINE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Marie-Josephe LEMOND (LEMON) and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Marie-Madeleine RENAUD (maternal) Frederic LEMOND (LEMON) and Marie-Josephine DUBE

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Catherine married Jean-Baptiste CHARBONNEAU 9 January 1804 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . Jean-Baptiste CHARBONNEAU was born 15 February 1780 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 24 May 1849 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHARBONNEAU and Genevieve PLOUFFE.

Catherine BÉRARD dite LEPINE died 15 March 1873 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada.

m. Charbonneau Jean-Baptiste

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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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Jean-Baptiste CHARBONNEAU-- Date: 9 January 1804 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste CHARBONNEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHARBONNEAU and Genevieve PLOUFFE

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1785 Birth
7 July 1785
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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)

1804 Marriage / Partner
Catherine BÉRARD dite LEPINE and Jean-Baptiste CHARBONNEAU 9 January 1804 , Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 18 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

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

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)

1849 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste CHARBONNEAU died 24 May 1849, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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.