Pierre PETIT dit ST-PIERRE

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27 June 1765 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

13 August 1830 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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Pierre PETIT dit ST-PIERRE Judith MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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Born: 27 June 1765 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre PETIT dit ST-PIERRE

Mother: Judith MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

Maternal grandparents: Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES , Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS

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Pierre married Marie-Angélique PELLETIER 18 October 1790 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angélique PELLETIER was born 25 January 1766 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Angélique died 16 December 1853 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Angélique was the child of Joseph PELLETIER and Catherine LEMIEUX.

Pierre PETIT dit ST-PIERRE died 13 August 1830 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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Marie-Angélique PELLETIER
Marriage date: 18 October 1790
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Angélique PELLETIER was the child of Joseph PELLETIER and Catherine LEMIEUX

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François PETIT dit ST-PIERRE

Born: 19 September 1792, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Died: 23 May 1871, Cap-Chat, Québec, Canada

Married: Emilie LIZOTTE 13 July 1813 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1765
27 June 1765
La Pocatière, 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
Pierre PETIT dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Angélique PELLETIER 18 October 1790, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
François PETIT dit ST-PIERRE was born 19 September 1792, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 27 years old.

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

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

1813 Marriage of Child
François PETIT dit ST-PIERRE married 13 July 1813, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Emilie LIZOTTE

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