Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON

Born

27 January 1798 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Died

10 September 1864 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON Genevieve-Victoire VACHON dite POMERLEAU

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Born: 27 January 1798 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON

Mother: Genevieve-Victoire VACHON dite POMERLEAU

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON , Marguerite MATTEAU

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Noel VACHON dit POMERLEAU , Genevieve PARE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite JACQUES 18 February 1822 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite JACQUES was born 6 November 1798 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 24 May 1880 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Augustin JACQUES and Salomee DOYON.

Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON died 10 September 1864 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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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Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON married

Marguerite JACQUES
Marriage date: 18 February 1822
Marriage place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
Marguerite JACQUES was the child of Augustin JACQUES and Salomee DOYON

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Children of Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON and Marguerite JACQUES

Christine DUGRENIER dite PERRON

Born: 6 July 1831, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
Died: 7 March 1896, East Broughton, Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste DODIER

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Birth — 1798
27 January 1798
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

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

1822 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON and Marguerite JACQUES 18 February 1822, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Birth of Child
Christine DUGRENIER dite PERRON was born 6 July 1831, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.

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

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