Pierre-Amable DESROCHERS dit LAFRENIERE

(b. 23 October 1740 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 19 August 1789 , Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre-Amable DESROCHERS dit LAFRENIERE was born 23 October 1740 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Pierre-Amable DESROCHERS dit LAFRENIERE was the child of Gabriel DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DESROCHERS and Suzanne RABOUIN (maternal) Ange LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Madeleine CUSSON

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Pierre-Amable married Therese GAUTHIER 5 March 1764 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . Therese GAUTHIER was born 25 September 1740 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Therese was the child of Etienne GAUTHIER and Thérèse LAFOND.

Pierre-Amable DESROCHERS dit LAFRENIERE died 19 August 1789 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, 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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Therese GAUTHIER-- Date: 5 March 1764 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese GAUTHIER was the child of Etienne GAUTHIER and Thérèse LAFOND

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1740 Birth
23 October 1740
Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Amable DESROCHERS dit LAFRENIERE and Therese GAUTHIER 5 March 1764 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 23 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.