Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (MIGNER)

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27 January 1747 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Died

18 August 1816 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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Michel MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ Marguerite PELLETIER

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Born: 27 January 1747 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Father: Michel MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ

Mother: Marguerite PELLETIER

Paternal grandparents: Michel MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ , Angélique THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT)

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER , Angélique-Marguerite OUELLET

Basile had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.
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Basile married Madeleine LECLERC 14 January 1772 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine LECLERC was born 23 August 1750 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Madeleine died 27 April 1779 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Madeleine was the child of Joachim LECLERC and Catherine SOUCY.

Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (MIGNER) died 18 August 1816 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada .

m. Dube Catherine
m. Leclerc Madeleine

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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.

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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.

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Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (MIGNER) married

Madeleine LECLERC
Marriage date: 14 January 1772
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine LECLERC was the child of Joachim LECLERC and Catherine SOUCY

Children of Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (MIGNER) and Madeleine LECLERC

Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ

Born: 19 September 1777, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 January 1828, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Married: Geneviève VIEL 22 October 1798 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Married: Marie-Reine COUTU 16 October 1820 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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Birth — 1747
27 January 1747
La Pocatière, 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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (MIGNER) and Madeleine LECLERC 14 January 1772, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 24 years old.

Revolutionary War
MIGNAULT,Basil. N.Y. R 20405 (RWPI); 1828 of Chambly, Lt. in the Cont. line to first June 1776, rec. a furlough from Col. Livingston to visit his
father who was sick at St-Denis. Taken prisoner by the British and released on parole not to leave the parish. Joined at St. John's L.C. Sept. 1775; at the taking of Chambly, St. John's, Montreal, Capt. Arnold's Co. In 1828, age 73 (M804); probably Jean-Basile Mignau (Etienne Mignau & Magd. Cormier) m. 21-10-1776, St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Marie-Joseph Ledoux (Pierre Ledoux & Josephte Lacoste) (Rep.);

See: U.S. Congress. House. Committee on revolutionary pensions. Basil Mignault--children of. 35th Cong. 1st Sess. (Washington, D.C., 1858);
Mignault d. 20 June 1832. He had collected the necessary corroborative evidence; pension granted posthumously on petition of Peter M. Mignault,
11 May 1858.
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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.

1777 Birth of Child
Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ was born 19 September 1777, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Basile was 30 years old.