Joseph GUERIN dit LAJOIE (GERIN)

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30 May 1768 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

29 January 1833 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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Jean GUERIN dit LAJOIE (GERIN)Madeleine GRENIER

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Born: 30 May 1768 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean GUERIN dit LAJOIE (GERIN)

Mother: Madeleine GRENIER

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François GRENIER (GARNIER) , Marie-Josephte GELINAS

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Joseph married Marie-Theotiste BOUCHER 11 January 1790 in Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Theotiste BOUCHER was born abt. 1772 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Theotiste died 1 March 1797 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marie-Theotiste was the child of Joseph BOUCHER and Dorothée-Rose PARADIS.

Joseph GUERIN dit LAJOIE (GERIN) died 29 January 1833 in Sainte-Élisabeth, 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 GUERIN dit LAJOIE (GERIN) married

Marie-Theotiste BOUCHER
Marriage date: 11 January 1790
Marriage place: Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Theotiste BOUCHER was the child of Joseph BOUCHER and Dorothée-Rose PARADIS

Children of Joseph GUERIN dit LAJOIE (GERIN) and Marie-Theotiste BOUCHER

Joseph LAJOIE

Born: 5 July 1792, Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Judith BELANGER 18 November 1811 Place: Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

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Birth — 1768
30 May 1768
Yamachiche, 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
Joseph GUERIN dit LAJOIE (GERIN) and Marie-Theotiste BOUCHER 11 January 1790, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

He was 21 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Joseph LAJOIE was born 5 July 1792, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 24 years old.

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