Georges-Grégoire ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT

Born

19 February 1815 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Died

30 December 1874 , Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada

Georges-Grégoire married Clotilde HACHÉ dite GALLANT 23 November 1842 in Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Clotilde HACHÉ dite GALLANT was born 6 August 1822 in Caraquet, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Clotilde died 20 December 1882 in Pokemouche, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada. Clotilde was the child of Jean Léon HACHÉ dit GALLANT and Marguerite Sophie LÉGER .

Parents & Family of Georges-Grégoire ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT

Parents of Georges-Grégoire ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT

Father

Joseph ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT

Mother

Julie LÉVESQUE

Grandparents of Georges-Grégoire ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Raphaël ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT Madeleine-Catherine LANCOGNARD dite SANTERRE

Maternal grandparents

Benoit LEVESQUE Marie BRUN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Georges-Grégoire ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT

Georges-Grégoire ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT married

Clotilde HACHÉ dite GALLANT
Marriage date: 23 November 1842
Marriage place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada
Clotilde HACHÉ dite GALLANT was the child of Jean Léon HACHÉ dit GALLANT and Marguerite Sophie LÉGER

Children of Georges-Grégoire ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Clotilde HACHÉ dite GALLANT

Sophie ST-PIERRE

Born: abt. 1853, , New Brunswick, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Honoré THOMAS 21 February 1881 Place: Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Georges-Grégoire's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1815
19 February 1815
La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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

1842 Marriage / Partner
Georges-Grégoire ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Clotilde HACHÉ dite GALLANT 23 November 1842, Tracadie, New Brunswick, Canada (Tracadie-Sheila)

He was 27 years old.

Georges-Grégoire ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT - 1842 marriage

1842 marriage

Ancestry® Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1670-1946
Acadian Church Records 1679-1757
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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)

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.