Michel CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES

Born

7 November 1744 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

13 December 1830 , Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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Jacques Joseph CHEVAL Geneviève LEDUC

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Born: 7 November 1744 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques Joseph CHEVAL

Mother: Geneviève LEDUC

Maternal grandparents: Charles LEDUC , Anne-Angélique CHEVALIER

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Michel married Barbe CHARBONNEAU 25 January 1773 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada . Barbe CHARBONNEAU was born 12 March 1747 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Barbe died 14 March 1824 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Barbe was the child of Jean CHARBONNEAU and Barbe SEGUIN.

Michel CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES died 13 December 1830 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, 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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Michel CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES married

Barbe CHARBONNEAU
Marriage date: 25 January 1773
Marriage place: Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada
Barbe CHARBONNEAU was the child of Jean CHARBONNEAU and Barbe SEGUIN

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Birth — 1744
7 November 1744
Montréal, 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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Michel CHEVAL dit ST-JACQUES and Barbe CHARBONNEAU 25 January 1773, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

He was 28 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.