Geneviève GUÉRET dite DUMONT

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10 May 1744 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Died

19 March 1825 , Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada

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Pierre GUÉRET dit DUMONT Marie-Josephe AUBERT

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Born: 10 May 1744 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre GUÉRET dit DUMONT

Mother: Marie-Josephe AUBERT

Paternal grandparents: Jacques GUÉRET dit DUMONT , Anne-Jeanne TARDIF

Maternal grandparents: Felix AUBERT , Marie-Madeleine MIGNIER

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Geneviève married Michel-Julien VIEL 10 November 1766 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Michel-Julien VIEL was born 26 October 1733 in Dinan, Bretagne, France. Michel-Julien died 1 December 1808 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre).

Geneviève GUÉRET dite DUMONT died 19 March 1825 in Rivière-du-Loup, 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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Geneviève GUÉRET dite DUMONT married

Michel-Julien VIEL
Marriage date: 10 November 1766
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Michel-Julien VIEL and Geneviève GUÉRET dite DUMONT

Jean-Baptiste VIEL

Born: 8 August 1773, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 10 October 1839, St-Patrice, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada

Married: Felicite LAVOIE 13 November 1797 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

Geneviève VIEL

Born: 23 January 1780, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 31 July 1815, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Married: Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ 22 October 1798 Place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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Birth — 1744
10 May 1744
Kamouraska, 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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève GUÉRET dite DUMONT and Michel-Julien VIEL 10 November 1766, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 22 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste VIEL was born 8 August 1773, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Geneviève was 29 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.

1780 Birth of Child
Geneviève VIEL was born 23 January 1780, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Geneviève was 35 years old.

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)

1797 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste VIEL married 13 November 1797, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre) to Felicite LAVOIE

1798 Marriage of Child
Geneviève VIEL married 22 October 1798, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre) to Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ

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