Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN

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31 July 1738 , Boucherville, Canada, New France

Died

10 June 1799 , Boucherville, Lower Canada

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François GAUTHIER Marie-Madeleine TESSIER

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Born: 31 July 1738 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Father: François GAUTHIER

Mother: Marie-Madeleine TESSIER

Paternal grandparents: Germain GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN , Jeanne BEAUCHAMP

Maternal grandparents: Paul TESSIER , Marie-Madeleine CLOUTIER

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Joseph married Veronique RENAUD 22 June 1761 in Boucherville, Canada . Veronique RENAUD was born 28 January 1742 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Veronique died 5 January 1810 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Veronique was the child of Louis RENAUD dit DESLAURIERS and Marie-Gabrielle DENOYON.

Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN died 10 June 1799 in Boucherville, 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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Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN married

Veronique RENAUD
Marriage date: 22 June 1761
Marriage place: Boucherville, Canada
Veronique RENAUD was the child of Louis RENAUD dit DESLAURIERS and Marie-Gabrielle DENOYON

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Birth — 1738
31 July 1738
Boucherville, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Veronique RENAUD 22 June 1761, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 22 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.

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.