Joseph CREVIER dit ST-JEAN

Born

9 October 1740 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Died

16 December 1824 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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Jacques CREVIER dit ST-JEAN Thérèse PRUD'HOMME

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Born: 9 October 1740 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques CREVIER dit ST-JEAN

Mother: Thérèse PRUD'HOMME

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste PRUD'HOMME , Marie-Anne MORIN

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Joseph married Marguerite HARNOIS 23 January 1764 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite HARNOIS was born 26 December 1746 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 4 August 1828 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Marguerite was the child of André HARNOIS and Suzanne DALPE dite PARISEAU.

Joseph CREVIER dit ST-JEAN died 16 December 1824 in L'Assomption, 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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Joseph CREVIER dit ST-JEAN married

Marguerite HARNOIS
Marriage date: 23 January 1764
Marriage place: Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite HARNOIS was the child of André HARNOIS and Suzanne DALPE dite PARISEAU

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Marguerite CREVIER dite ST-JEAN

Born: 1 May 1765, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 26 February 1843, Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East

Married: Pierre CORRIVEAU 13 February 1787 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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Birth — 1740
9 October 1740
Saint-Sulpice, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Joseph CREVIER dit ST-JEAN and Marguerite HARNOIS 23 January 1764, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

He was 23 years old.

1765 Birth of Child
Marguerite CREVIER dite ST-JEAN was born 1 May 1765, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Joseph was 24 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)

1787 Marriage of Child
Marguerite CREVIER dite ST-JEAN married 13 February 1787, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Pierre CORRIVEAU

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)

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