Jacques BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER)

Born

26 March 1740 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

10 March 1785 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jacques BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER)Suzanne JEROME dite LATOUR

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Born: 26 March 1740 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER)

Mother: Suzanne JEROME dite LATOUR

Paternal grandparents: Bernard BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) , Jeanne CHERLOT

Maternal grandparents: François JEROME , Marie-Angélique DARDENNE

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Jacques married Marie-Louise DAGENAIS 9 January 1764 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise DAGENAIS was born 20 November 1746 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Louise was the child of Francois DAGENAIS and Marie-Louise PIGEON.

Jacques BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) died 10 March 1785 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Dagenais Marie-Louise

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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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Jacques BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) married

Marie-Louise DAGENAIS
Marriage date: 9 January 1764
Marriage place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise DAGENAIS was the child of Francois DAGENAIS and Marie-Louise PIGEON

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Sault-au-Récollet

Children of Jacques BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) and Marie-Louise DAGENAIS

Marie-Josephte BLENIER

Born: 16 July 1766, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Michel ST-AUBIN 28 January 1782 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1740
26 March 1740
Saint-Laurent, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Jacques BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) and Marie-Louise DAGENAIS 9 January 1764, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte BLENIER was born 16 July 1766, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 26 years old.

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.