Louis DENIS dit ST DENIS

(b. 29 April 1734 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 18 May 1764 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis DENIS dit ST DENIS was born 29 April 1734 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Louis DENIS dit ST DENIS was the child of Jacques DENIS and Marie-Anne PICARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques DENIS dit ST-DENIS and Anne GAUTHIER (maternal) Jean-Gabriel PICARD and Madeleine-Angélique RAPIN

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Louis married Marie-Josephe ROY 19 January 1761 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe ROY was born 4 April 1738 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Marie-Josephe was the child of François ROY and Marie-Charlotte CHAMAILLARD.

Louis DENIS dit ST DENIS died 18 May 1764 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, 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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Louis DENIS dit ST DENIS married

Marie-Josephe ROY-- Date: 19 January 1761 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada
Marie-Josephe ROY was the child of François ROY and Marie-Charlotte CHAMAILLARD

Children of Louis DENIS dit ST DENIS and Marie-Josephe ROY:

Barbe DENIS (b.7 December 1762, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada d. , )
m. Amable-Antoine LEGER 3 April 1780 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

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1734 Birth
29 April 1734
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Louis DENIS dit ST DENIS and Marie-Josephe ROY 19 January 1761, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 26 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Barbe DENIS was born 7 December 1762, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Louis was 28 years old.

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.