Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON

Born

14 February 1774 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

18 December 1834 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON Marguerite MATTEAU

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Born: 14 February 1774 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON

Mother: Marguerite MATTEAU

Paternal grandparents: Joseph DUGRENIER dit PERRON , Marie-Anne JACQUES

Maternal grandparents: Pierre MATTEAU , Françoise DODIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Genevieve-Victoire VACHON dite POMERLEAU 29 September 1795 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve-Victoire VACHON dite POMERLEAU was born 26 January 1762 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Genevieve-Victoire died 20 January 1825 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Genevieve-Victoire was the child of Joseph-Noel VACHON dit POMERLEAU and Genevieve PARE.

Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON died 18 December 1834 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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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Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON married

Genevieve-Victoire VACHON dite POMERLEAU
Marriage date: 29 September 1795
Marriage place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada
Genevieve-Victoire VACHON dite POMERLEAU was the child of Joseph-Noel VACHON dit POMERLEAU and Genevieve PARE

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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

Married: Marguerite JACQUES 18 February 1822 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1774
14 February 1774
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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)

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

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

1795 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON and Genevieve-Victoire VACHON dite POMERLEAU 29 September 1795, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1798 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON was born 27 January 1798, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 23 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