Agathe BIRTZ dite DESMARTEAUX

Born

28 January 1768 , Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

3 December 1836 , Napierville, Lower Canada

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Etienne BIRTZ dit DESMARTEAUX Marguerite ROBERT

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Born: 28 January 1768 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Etienne BIRTZ dit DESMARTEAUX

Mother: Marguerite ROBERT

Maternal grandparents: Pierre ROBERT , Marguerite PROVOST

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Agathe married Jean-Baptiste DUTEAU (BLUTEAU) 21 January 1788 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste DUTEAU (BLUTEAU) was born 11 May 1763 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste died 17 May 1846 in Napierville, Canada East . Jean-Baptiste was the child of Etienne BLUTEAU and Marie-Reine BOUCHER.

Agathe BIRTZ dite DESMARTEAUX died 3 December 1836 in Napierville, Lower Canada .
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Agathe BIRTZ dite DESMARTEAUX married

Jean-Baptiste DUTEAU (BLUTEAU)
Marriage date: 21 January 1788
Marriage place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste DUTEAU (BLUTEAU) was the child of Etienne BLUTEAU and Marie-Reine BOUCHER

Children of Jean-Baptiste DUTEAU (BLUTEAU) and Agathe BIRTZ dite DESMARTEAUX

François DUTEAU

Born: 30 August 1794, Boucherville, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Brigitte GAMACHE 10 August 1818 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Pierre DUTEAU

Born: 4 July 1796, Boucherville, Lower Canada
Died: 10 August 1880, Napierville, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie BOUDREAU 17 September 1820 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1768
28 January 1768
Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Agathe BIRTZ dite DESMARTEAUX and Jean-Baptiste DUTEAU (BLUTEAU) 21 January 1788, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 19 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Birth of Child
François DUTEAU was born 30 August 1794, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Agathe was 26 years old.

1796 Birth of Child
Pierre DUTEAU was born 4 July 1796, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Agathe was 28 years old.

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

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.

1818 Marriage of Child
François DUTEAU married 10 August 1818, L'Acadie, Lower Canada to Brigitte GAMACHE

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England