Joseph-Louis GUILLET dit CINQMARS

(b. 5 January 1760 , Batiscan, Canada d. 27 February 1802 , Batiscan, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Louis GUILLET dit CINQMARS was born 5 January 1760 in Batiscan, Canada

Joseph-Louis GUILLET dit CINQMARS was the child of Joseph GUILLET and Marie-Josephte RIVARD dite LANOUETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GUILLET and Marie TROTTIER (maternal) Ignace RIVARD dit LANOUETTE and Marie-Josephte PERRAULT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph-Louis married Brigitte L'HEUREUX 16 January 1786 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Brigitte L'HEUREUX was born 7 November 1768 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Brigitte died 24 September 1848 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Brigitte was the child of Louis-Joseph LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and Françoise-Brigitte RIVARD.

Joseph-Louis GUILLET dit CINQMARS died 27 February 1802 in Batiscan, Lower Canada .

m. L'Heureux Brigitte

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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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Joseph-Louis GUILLET dit CINQMARS married

Brigitte L'HEUREUX-- Date: 16 January 1786 Place: Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
Brigitte L'HEUREUX was the child of Louis-Joseph LEREAU (L'HERAULT) and Françoise-Brigitte RIVARD

Children of Joseph-Louis GUILLET dit CINQMARS and Brigitte L'HEUREUX:

Modeste CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET (b.10 January 1797, Batiscan, Lower Canada d. 30 May 1882, St-Philippe, Windsor-Mills, Canada)
m. Rosalie MERCIER 22 July 1823 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

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1760 Birth
5 January 1760
Batiscan, 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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Louis GUILLET dit CINQMARS and Brigitte L'HEUREUX 16 January 1786, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 26 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 Birth of Child
Modeste CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET was born 10 January 1797, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Joseph-Louis was 37 years old.

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