Antoine MOREAU dit DEJORDY

Born

5 June 1767 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 May 1829 , Verchères, Lower Canada

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Louis DEJORDY (DESJODY)Marie-Anne PICHÉ dite LAMUSETTE

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Born: 5 June 1767 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Louis DEJORDY (DESJODY)

Mother: Marie-Anne PICHÉ dite LAMUSETTE

Paternal grandparents: François JORDY (DEJORDY) , Louise-Catherine ROBINEAU DE BECANCOUR

Maternal grandparents: Ignace-Joseph PICHÉ dit LAMUSETTE , Marie-Anne EMERY

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Antoine married Angelique BOISSEAU 13 May 1793 in Verchères, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique BOISSEAU was born abt. 1766 in Québec Province, Canada. Angelique died 5 September 1829 in Verchères, Lower Canada . Angelique was the child of Louis BOISSEAU and Elisabeth FOISY dite LAFRENIÈRE.

Antoine MOREAU dit DEJORDY died 20 May 1829 in Verchères, Lower Canada .
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Antoine MOREAU dit DEJORDY married

Angelique BOISSEAU
Marriage date: 13 May 1793
Marriage place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Angelique BOISSEAU was the child of Louis BOISSEAU and Elisabeth FOISY dite LAFRENIÈRE

Children of Antoine MOREAU dit DEJORDY and Angelique BOISSEAU

Joseph MOREAU dit DEJORDY

Born: 15 June 1804, Verchères, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Julie SAULNIER 31 January 1826 Place: Verchères, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1767
5 June 1767
Verchères, 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 Marriage / Partner
Antoine MOREAU dit DEJORDY and Angelique BOISSEAU 13 May 1793, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 25 years old.

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

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

1804 Birth of Child
Joseph MOREAU dit DEJORDY was born 15 June 1804, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Antoine was 37 years old.

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