Pierre CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET

Born

abt. 1836 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

26 August 1905 , Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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Modeste CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET Rosalie MERCIER

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Born: abt. 1836 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Father: Modeste CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET

Mother: Rosalie MERCIER

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Louis GUILLET dit CINQMARS , Brigitte L'HEUREUX

Maternal grandparents: Joseph MERCIER , Marie-Isabelle GUILLEMETTE

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Pierre married Julie TURCOTTE 22 November 1859 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie TURCOTTE was born 5 April 1842 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Julie died 13 June 1917 in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. Julie was the child of Leandre TURCOTTE and Marie-Marguerite LANGEVIN.

Pierre CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET died 26 August 1905 in Sherbrooke, Québec, 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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Pierre CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET married

Julie TURCOTTE
Marriage date: 22 November 1859
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Julie TURCOTTE was the child of Leandre TURCOTTE and Marie-Marguerite LANGEVIN

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Children of Pierre CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET and Julie TURCOTTE

Philippe CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET

Born: 16 April 1873, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Gertrude JAY 23 December 1894 Place: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

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1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1859 Marriage / Partner
Pierre CINQ-MARS dit GUILLET and Julie TURCOTTE 22 November 1859, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.