Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON

Born

22 October 1745 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France

Died

17 November 1813 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada

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Joseph DUGRENIER dit PERRON Marie-Anne JACQUES

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Born: 22 October 1745 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph DUGRENIER dit PERRON

Mother: Marie-Anne JACQUES

Maternal grandparents: Pierre JACQUES , Marie-Ambroise CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite MATTEAU 22 February 1773 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite MATTEAU was born 23 June 1740 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 6 May 1804 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Pierre MATTEAU and Françoise DODIER.

Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON died 17 November 1813 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

Marguerite MATTEAU
Marriage date: 22 February 1773
Marriage place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite MATTEAU was the child of Pierre MATTEAU and Françoise DODIER

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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

Married: Genevieve-Victoire VACHON dite POMERLEAU 29 September 1795 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1745
22 October 1745
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France

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

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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON and Marguerite MATTEAU 22 February 1773, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON was born 14 February 1774, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

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 of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUGRENIER dit PERRON married 29 September 1795, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Genevieve-Victoire VACHON dite POMERLEAU

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