Ignace GAMELIN dit LACROIX

Born

10 December 1698 , Batiscan, Canada, New France

Died

9 March 1771 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Ignace GAMELIN Marguerite LEMOYNE (LEMOINE)

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Born: 10 December 1698 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Father: Ignace GAMELIN

Mother: Marguerite LEMOYNE (LEMOINE)

Paternal grandparents: Michel GAMELIN dit LAFONTAINE , Marguerite CREVIER

Maternal grandparents: Jean LEMOYNE (LEMOINE) , Madeleine CHAVIGNY (CHANVIGNY)

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Ignace married Louise DUFROST dite LAJEMMERAIS 31 January 1731 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Louise DUFROST dite LAJEMMERAIS was born 13 September 1705 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Louise died 11 April 1789 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Louise was the child of Christophe DUFROST dit LAJEMMERAIS and Renee GAUTHIER.

Ignace GAMELIN dit LACROIX died 9 March 1771 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada .

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Recorded occupation: Negociant

A négociant, or dealer, was a person who traded, who engaged in a commercial activity most often of a certain importance (such as wheat, wine, fur and fabric merchants).
Source: tfcq.ca

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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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Ignace GAMELIN dit LACROIX married

Louise DUFROST dite LAJEMMERAIS
Marriage date: 31 January 1731
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Louise DUFROST dite LAJEMMERAIS was the child of Christophe DUFROST dit LAJEMMERAIS and Renee GAUTHIER

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Birth — 1698
10 December 1698
Batiscan, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1731 Marriage / Partner
Ignace GAMELIN dit LACROIX and Louise DUFROST dite LAJEMMERAIS 31 January 1731, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 32 years old.

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.