Marie-Josette GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN

Born

22 April 1743 , Chambly, Canada, New France

Died

4 May 1822 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Marie-Josette GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN

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Born: 22 April 1743 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Parents of Marie-Josette GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN

Father

Laurent GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN

Mother

Marie-Josephe WILLIAM dite THOMAS

Grandparents of Marie-Josette GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN

Paternal grandparents

Pierre GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN Marie-Anne TESSIER

Maternal grandparents

Joseph THOMAS OUILEM Angélique VERONNEAU

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

Marie-Josette married Pierre-Olas BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS 4 November 1760 in Boucherville, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Olas BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS was born abt. 1732 in France. Pierre-Olas died 23 April 1816 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .

Marie-Josette GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN died 4 May 1822 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Josette GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN

Marie-Josette GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN married

Pierre-Olas BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS
Marriage date: 4 November 1760
Marriage place: Boucherville, Canada

Children of Pierre-Olas BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Josette GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN

François BERTRAND

Born: 25 January 1762, Saint-Constant, Canada
Died: 14 September 1838, Saint-Rémi, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite DONAT dite LAVERDURE 22 November 1802 Place: La Prairie, 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 — 1743
22 April 1743
Chambly, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josette GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN and Pierre-Olas BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS 4 November 1760, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 17 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
François BERTRAND was born 25 January 1762, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josette was 18 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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

1802 Marriage of Child
François BERTRAND married 22 November 1802, La Prairie, Lower Canada to Marguerite DONAT dite LAVERDURE

1816 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre-Olas BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS died 23 April 1816, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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

Death — 1822
4 May 1822
La Prairie, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 79.

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