Pierre CAPLET dit DEMISE

(b. 24 December 1741 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 29 September 1809 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada )

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Pierre CAPLET dit DEMISE was born 24 December 1741 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Pierre CAPLET dit DEMISE was the child of Pierre CAPLET and Catherine LEFEBVRE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Reine MESNY

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Pierre married Marie-Catherine DEGUIRE 20 August 1770 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Catherine DEGUIRE was born 20 October 1748 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Catherine died 9 February 1819 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Marie-Catherine was the child of François DEGUIRE dit LAROSE and Marie-Geneviève PARENT.

Pierre CAPLET dit DEMISE died 29 September 1809 in Saint-Eustache, 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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Pierre CAPLET dit DEMISE married

Marie-Catherine DEGUIRE-- Date: 20 August 1770 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Catherine DEGUIRE was the child of François DEGUIRE dit LAROSE and Marie-Geneviève PARENT

Children of Pierre CAPLET dit DEMISE and Marie-Catherine DEGUIRE:

François DEMISE (b.abt. 1798, , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 January 1851, Saint-Eustache, Canada East)
m. Angelique ÉTHIER 22 February 1819 in Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville)

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1741 Birth
24 December 1741
Beauport, Québec, 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Pierre CAPLET dit DEMISE and Marie-Catherine DEGUIRE 20 August 1770, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, 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.