Louis DRAGON dit GUAY

Born

11 May 1752 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

Died

25 April 1818 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Louis GUAY dit DARAGON Marguerite CIRCÉ DITE ST-MICHEL

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Born: 11 May 1752 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

Father: Louis GUAY dit DARAGON

Mother: Marguerite CIRCÉ DITE ST-MICHEL

Paternal grandparents: François ETHIER QUAY (GUAY) dit DARAGON , Marie-Charlotte GIARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste CIRCE dit ST-MICHEL , Marguerite BONIN

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Louis married Marguerite CARTIER 15 February 1773 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite CARTIER was born 12 April 1751 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marguerite died 2 March 1829 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Jacques CARTIER dit LANGEVIN and Marie-Marguerite MONGEON.

Louis DRAGON dit GUAY died 25 April 1818 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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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Louis DRAGON dit GUAY married

Marguerite CARTIER
Marriage date: 15 February 1773
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite CARTIER was the child of Jacques CARTIER dit LANGEVIN and Marie-Marguerite MONGEON

Children of Louis DRAGON dit GUAY and Marguerite CARTIER

Marguerite DRAGON dite QUAY

Born: 2 February 1774, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 9 October 1807, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Married: Michel BOURGEOIS 16 January 1792 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1752
11 May 1752
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Louis DRAGON dit GUAY and Marguerite CARTIER 15 February 1773 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 20 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Marguerite DRAGON dite QUAY was born 2 February 1774, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis was 21 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.

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DRAGON dite QUAY married 16 January 1792, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Michel BOURGEOIS

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

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

1807 Death of Child
Marguerite DRAGON dite QUAY died 9 October 1807, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Louis was 55 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

Death — 1818
25 April 1818
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 65.

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