Elisabeth LEGROS dite ST-PIERRE

(b. 10 September 1762 , Verchères, Canada d. 5 December 1819 , Verchères, Lower Canada )

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Elisabeth LEGROS dite ST-PIERRE was born 10 September 1762 in Verchères, Canada

Elisabeth LEGROS dite ST-PIERRE was the child of Pierre LEGROS dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Françoise FOISY dite FRESNIÈRE and the grandchild of: (maternal) François-Marie FOISY dit FRESNIÈRE and Marie-Elisabeth-Isabelle VEGIARD dite LABONTÉ

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Elisabeth married Gabriel-François CASAVANT dit LADEBAUCHE 24 February 1800 in Verchères, Lower Canada . Gabriel-François CASAVANT dit LADEBAUCHE was born 31 July 1757 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Gabriel-François died 26 May 1819 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Gabriel-François was the child of Louis CASAVANT and Charlotte BERTRAND dite DESROCHERS.

Elisabeth LEGROS dite ST-PIERRE died 5 December 1819 in Verchères, Lower Canada .
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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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Gabriel-François CASAVANT dit LADEBAUCHE-- Date: 24 February 1800 Place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Gabriel-François CASAVANT dit LADEBAUCHE was the child of Louis CASAVANT and Charlotte BERTRAND dite DESROCHERS

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1762 Birth
10 September 1762
Verchères, Canada

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)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1800 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth LEGROS dite ST-PIERRE and Gabriel-François CASAVANT dit LADEBAUCHE 24 February 1800, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 37 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.