Claire SYLVESTRE dite CHAMPAGNE

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1 May 1762 , Montmagny, Canada

Died

14 February 1849 , Montmagny, Canada East

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Augustin SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE Marie-Claire JONCAS

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Born: 1 May 1762 in Montmagny, Canada

Father: Augustin SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE

Mother: Marie-Claire JONCAS

Paternal grandparents: Eustache SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE , Geneviève ROUSSIN

Maternal grandparents: Jacques JONCAS , Louise FOURNIER

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Claire married Augustin GAGNÉ 3 October 1786 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin GAGNÉ was born 30 May 1764 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Augustin died 4 December 1839 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Augustin was the child of Jean-Marie GAGNÉ and Charlotte DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD.

Claire SYLVESTRE dite CHAMPAGNE died 14 February 1849 in Montmagny, Canada East .
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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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Claire SYLVESTRE dite CHAMPAGNE married

Augustin GAGNÉ
Marriage date: 3 October 1786
Marriage place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada
Augustin GAGNÉ was the child of Jean-Marie GAGNÉ and Charlotte DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

Children of Augustin GAGNÉ and Claire SYLVESTRE dite CHAMPAGNE

François GAGNE

Born: 22 February 1794, Montmagny, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Julie BEAUDET 26 October 1829 Place: Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

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Birth — 1762
1 May 1762
Montmagny, Canada

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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Claire SYLVESTRE dite CHAMPAGNE and Augustin GAGNÉ 3 October 1786, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

She was 24 years old.

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

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

1794 Birth of Child
François GAGNE was born 22 February 1794, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Claire was 31 years old.

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

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Marriage of Child
François GAGNE married 26 October 1829, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) to Julie BEAUDET

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec