Sylvestre HACHÉ dit GALLANT

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6 May 1736 , Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia

Died

27 November 1820 , Grand Digue, New Brunswick, Canada

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François HACHE dit GALLANT Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

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Born: 6 May 1736 in Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia

Father: François HACHE dit GALLANT

Mother: Anne BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Paternal grandparents: Michel HACHE dit GALLANT , Anne Marie CORMIER

Maternal grandparents: François BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) , Jeanne Anne LANDRY

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Sylvestre married Marie Josephe POIRIER abt. 1770 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Josephe POIRIER was born 26 May 1742 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Marie Josephe was the child of Ambroise POIRIER and Marie Josephe GAUDET.

Sylvestre HACHÉ dit GALLANT died 27 November 1820 in Grand Digue, New Brunswick, Canada.
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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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Sylvestre HACHÉ dit GALLANT married

Marie Josephe POIRIER
Marriage date: abt. 1770
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Marie Josephe POIRIER was the child of Ambroise POIRIER and Marie Josephe GAUDET

Children of Sylvestre HACHÉ dit GALLANT and Marie Josephe POIRIER

Thomas HACHE dit GALLANT

Born: abt. 1774, Grand Digue, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 14 March 1852, Barachois, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Helene HACHE 1799 Place: , New Brunswick, Canada

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Birth — 1736
6 May 1736
Charlottetown, Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia

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

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.