Georges DEROME dit DESCARREAUX

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5 June 1740 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

26 August 1809 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DEROME dit DESCARREAUX Suzanne JEANNE dite ROBERT

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Born: 5 June 1740 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste DEROME dit DESCARREAUX

Mother: Suzanne JEANNE dite ROBERT

Paternal grandparents: Jean DEROME dit DESCARREAUX , Marie-Anne FERRÉ

Maternal grandparents: Martin JEANNE , Marie POT

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Georges married Marie-Amable LACOMBE 26 January 1767 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Amable LACOMBE was born 18 September 1746 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Marie-Amable died abt. 1787 Marie-Amable was the child of Jean-Baptiste LACOMBE and Madeleine VENNE (VOYNE).

Georges DEROME dit DESCARREAUX died 26 August 1809 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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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Georges DEROME dit DESCARREAUX married

Marie-Amable LACOMBE
Marriage date: 26 January 1767
Marriage place: Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Amable LACOMBE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LACOMBE and Madeleine VENNE (VOYNE)

Children of Georges DEROME dit DESCARREAUX and Marie-Amable LACOMBE

Michel DEROME dit DESCARREAUX

Born: 16 September 1769, Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 17 February 1842, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Married: Elisabeth CHOQUET 3 October 1796 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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Birth — 1740
5 June 1740
Québec, 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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Georges DEROME dit DESCARREAUX and Marie-Amable LACOMBE 26 January 1767, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

He was 26 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Michel DEROME dit DESCARREAUX was born 16 September 1769, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Georges 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.

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)

1796 Marriage of Child
Michel DEROME dit DESCARREAUX married 3 October 1796, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Elisabeth CHOQUET

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