Pierre PERRIER dit OLIVIER

Born

10 February 1748 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

2 June 1801 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Pierre PERRIER dit OLIVIER Josephte LEMIEUX

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Born: 10 February 1748 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre PERRIER dit OLIVIER

Mother: Josephte LEMIEUX

Paternal grandparents: Jean PERRIER dit OLIVIER , Catherine JOUSSET

Maternal grandparents: Joseph LEMIEUX , Marie-Josephe FORAND

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Pierre married Geneviève GIROUX 17 October 1774 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève GIROUX was born 13 August 1757 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Geneviève died 2 April 1793 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Geneviève was the child of Jean-Baptiste GIROUX and Angélique TESSIER.

Pierre PERRIER dit OLIVIER died 2 June 1801 in La Prairie, 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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Pierre PERRIER dit OLIVIER married

Geneviève GIROUX
Marriage date: 17 October 1774
Marriage place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève GIROUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste GIROUX and Angélique TESSIER

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Pierre PERRIER dit OLIVIER

Born: 28 December 1774, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Geneviève LAMARRE 21 July 1794 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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Birth — 1748
10 February 1748
La Prairie, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Pierre PERRIER dit OLIVIER and Geneviève GIROUX 17 October 1774, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 26 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Pierre PERRIER dit OLIVIER was born 28 December 1774, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 26 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)

1793 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève GIROUX died 2 April 1793, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1794 Marriage of Child
Pierre PERRIER dit OLIVIER married 21 July 1794, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie-Geneviève LAMARRE

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

Death — 1801
2 June 1801
La Prairie, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 53.

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