Catherine POIRIER dite LAJEUNESSE

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26 August 1739 , Chambly, Canada, New France

Died

12 March 1815 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Pierre POIRIER Charlotte LAGUE

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Born: 26 August 1739 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre POIRIER

Mother: Charlotte LAGUE

Paternal grandparents: Daniel POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE , Catherine VIGER

Maternal grandparents: Michel LAGUE dit SANSCARTIER , Catherine LECLERC

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Catherine married Jacques THOMAS dit SIMON 6 February 1769 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . Jacques THOMAS dit SIMON was born 22 April 1729 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Jacques died 6 October 1776 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Jacques was the child of Thomas SIMON and Charlotte LAMARRE.

Catherine POIRIER dite LAJEUNESSE died 12 March 1815 in L'Acadie, 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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Catherine POIRIER dite LAJEUNESSE married

Jacques THOMAS dit SIMON
Marriage date: 6 February 1769
Marriage place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques THOMAS dit SIMON was the child of Thomas SIMON and Charlotte LAMARRE

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Birth — 1739
26 August 1739
Chambly, 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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Catherine POIRIER dite LAJEUNESSE and Jacques THOMAS dit SIMON 6 February 1769, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

She 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.