Gabriel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD

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abt. 1739 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

20 January 1792 , Lachenaie, Lower Canada

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Louis DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD Marie-Anne PROULX

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Born: abt. 1739 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Louis DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD

Mother: Marie-Anne PROULX

Paternal grandparents: François DESTROISMAISONS , Marie-Françoise DANIAU dite LAPRISE

Maternal grandparents: Denis PROULX , Marie-Anne GAGNÉ (GASNIER)

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Gabriel married Marie-Anne MOYEN (MORIN) 11 January 1762 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne MOYEN (MORIN) was born abt. 1742 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne was the child of Jacques Christophe MOYEN and Marguerite CHIASSON.

Gabriel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD died 20 January 1792 in Lachenaie, 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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Gabriel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD married

Marie-Anne MOYEN (MORIN)
Marriage date: 11 January 1762
Marriage place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada
Marie-Anne MOYEN (MORIN) was the child of Jacques Christophe MOYEN and Marguerite CHIASSON

Children of Gabriel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Marie-Anne MOYEN (MORIN)

Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS

Born: March 3, 1766, Saint-Henri, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: January 2, 1834, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre SOURDIF dit VADEBONCOEUR 27 April 1795 Place: Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Archange DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

Born: 16 April 1774, Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 2 July 1852, Lachenaie, Canada East

Married: Louis GUIMOND 9 September 1804 Place: Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

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1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1762 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Marie-Anne MOYEN (MORIN) 11 January 1762, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DESTROISMAISONS was born March 3, 1766, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

1774 Birth of Child
Archange DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was born 16 April 1774, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

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.