Pierre BREYER dit ST-PIERRE (BREILLE)

Born

19 February 1770 , Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

16 February 1849 , Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East

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Born: 19 February 1770 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada

Parents of Pierre BREYER dit ST-PIERRE (BREILLE)

Father

Pierre BREYER dit ST-PIERRE (BREILLE)

Mother

Josephe TAILLON dite MICHEL

Grandparents of Pierre BREYER dit ST-PIERRE (BREILLE)

Paternal grandparents

Pierre BREYER dit ST-PIERRE (BREILLE) Françoise THIBAULT dite LEVEILLE

Maternal grandparents

Michel MICHEL dit TAILLON Marie-Madeleine MASSON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Françoise BOILEAU 19 August 1790 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise BOILEAU was born 18 February 1769 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada . Françoise died 13 November 1849 in Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East. Françoise was the child of Jacques BOILEAU and Marie LAUZON.

Pierre BREYER dit ST-PIERRE (BREILLE) died 16 February 1849 in Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre BREYER dit ST-PIERRE (BREILLE)

Pierre BREYER dit ST-PIERRE (BREILLE) married

Françoise BOILEAU
Marriage date: 19 August 1790
Marriage place: Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada
Françoise BOILEAU was the child of Jacques BOILEAU and Marie LAUZON

Children of Pierre BREYER dit ST-PIERRE (BREILLE) and Françoise BOILEAU

Françoise BREYER dite ST-PIERRE (BREILLE)

Born: 22 July 1792, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph GUINDON 1 August 1808 Place: Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1770
19 February 1770
Sainte-Geneviève, 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)

1790 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BREYER dit ST-PIERRE (BREILLE) and Françoise BOILEAU 19 August 1790, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 20 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Françoise BREYER dite ST-PIERRE (BREILLE) was born 22 July 1792, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 22 years old.

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

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

1808 Marriage of Child
Françoise BREYER dite ST-PIERRE (BREILLE) married 1 August 1808, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada to Joseph GUINDON

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