Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS

Born

3 July 1768 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

26 January 1855 , Saint-Timothée, Canada East

Pierre married Josephte GENDRON 17 November 1800 in Châteauguay, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte GENDRON was born 30 August 1778 in Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada . Josephte died 14 April 1855 in Saint-Timothée, Canada East . Josephte was the child of Pierre GENDRON and Marie-Desanges RUFIANGE dite LAVIOLETTE .

Parents & Family of Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS

Parents of Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS

Father

Joseph HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS

Mother

Catherine-Marie LEFEBVRE

Grandparents of Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS

Paternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS Marie-Anne GAUDRY dite BOURBONNIÈRE

Maternal grandparents

Noël LEFEBVRE dit LACISERAYE Marie-Anne GERVAIS

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS

Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS married

Josephte GENDRON
Marriage date: 17 November 1800
Marriage place: Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Josephte GENDRON was the child of Pierre GENDRON and Marie-Desanges RUFIANGE dite LAVIOLETTE

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Josephte GENDRON

Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS

Born: 4 September 1801, Châteauguay, Lower Canada
Died: 23 October 1861, Saint-Timothée, Canada East

Married: Suzanne MONTPETIT 29 October 1827

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Pierre's Québec records.

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
3 July 1768
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, 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)

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

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

1800 Marriage / Partner
Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Josephte GENDRON 17 November 1800, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

He was 32 years old.

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

1801 Birth of Child
Pierre HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS was born 4 September 1801, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Pierre was 33 years old.

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