Ignace DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE

(b. 29 December 1745 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 29 May 1813 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Ignace DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE was born 29 December 1745 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Ignace DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE was the child of Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Madeleine PROULX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER (maternal) Denis PROULX and Marie-Anne GAGNÉ (GASNIER)

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Ignace married Therese TALBOT dite GERVAIS 24 October 1763 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese TALBOT dite GERVAIS was born 24 July 1741 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Therese died 17 November 1820 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Therese was the child of Simon TALBOT dit GERVAIS and Marie-Therese DALLAIRE.

Ignace DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE died 29 May 1813 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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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Ignace DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE married

Therese TALBOT dite GERVAIS-- Date: 24 October 1763 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese TALBOT dite GERVAIS was the child of Simon TALBOT dit GERVAIS and Marie-Therese DALLAIRE

Children of Ignace DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE and Therese TALBOT dite GERVAIS:

Marguerite DESSAINT (b.22 March 1772, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 December 1812, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. Francois TALBOT 19 February 1798 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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1745 Birth
29 December 1745
Montmagny, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Ignace DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE and Therese TALBOT dite GERVAIS 24 October 1763 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

He was 17 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Marguerite DESSAINT was born 22 March 1772, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Ignace 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.

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)

1798 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DESSAINT married 19 February 1798, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Francois TALBOT

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

1812 Death of Child
Marguerite DESSAINT died 18 December 1812, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Ignace was 67 years old.

1813 Death
29 May 1813
Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 67.

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