Louis-Etienne GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE

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14 November 1721 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Died

5 October 1801 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

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Louis GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE Marie-Therese LESSARD

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Born: 14 November 1721 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Father: Louis GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE

Mother: Marie-Therese LESSARD

Paternal grandparents: Louis GAGNÉ , Louise PICARD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LESSARD , Barbe FORTIN dite BELLEFONTAINE

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Louis-Etienne married Marie-Anne GUYON 24 November 1751 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne GUYON was born 8 November 1722 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Anne died 19 December 1776 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie-Anne was the child of Louis GUYON and Marie GAMACHE.

Louis-Etienne GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE died 5 October 1801 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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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Louis-Etienne GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE married

Marie-Anne GUYON
Marriage date: 24 November 1751
Marriage place: L'Islet, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Anne GUYON was the child of Louis GUYON and Marie GAMACHE

Children of Louis-Etienne GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE and Marie-Anne GUYON

Alexis GAGNE

Born: 1 October 1754, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France
Died: 8 May 1795, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

Married: Helene GENDRON 11 January 1779 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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Birth — 1721
14 November 1721
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Etienne GAGNE dit BELLAVANCE and Marie-Anne GUYON 24 November 1751, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 30 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Alexis GAGNE was born 1 October 1754, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis-Etienne was 32 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.