Pelagie CHAUVET dite CAMIRAND

Born

12 August 1750 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France*

Died

26 August 1833 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada

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Pierre CHAUVET dit CAMIRAND Madeleine MORISSEAU

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Born: 12 August 1750 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France*

Father: Pierre CHAUVET dit CAMIRAND

Mother: Madeleine MORISSEAU

Paternal grandparents: André CHAUVET dit CAMIRAND , Anne PASTOUREL dite LAFRANCHISE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre MORISSEAU , Catherine CAILLONNEAU

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Pelagie married Francois FRECHET 10 August 1777 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois FRECHET was born 27 December 1738 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Francois was the child of François FRECHETTE and Marie-Charlotte HAMEL.

Pelagie CHAUVET dite CAMIRAND died 26 August 1833 in Yamachiche, 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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Pelagie CHAUVET dite CAMIRAND married

Francois FRECHET
Marriage date: 10 August 1777
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Francois FRECHET was the child of François FRECHETTE and Marie-Charlotte HAMEL

Children of Francois FRECHET and Pelagie CHAUVET dite CAMIRAND

Antoine FRECHETTE

Born: abt. 1785, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 7 February 1856, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Canada East

Married: Felicite CHAREST 3 September 1804 Place: Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

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Birth — 1750
12 August 1750
Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, 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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Pelagie CHAUVET dite CAMIRAND and Francois FRECHET 10 August 1777, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 27 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)

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

1804 Marriage of Child
Antoine FRECHETTE married 3 September 1804, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand) to Felicite CHAREST

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

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England