Pierre VIENS dit JEAN

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23 March 1741 , Sorel, Canada, New France

Died

18 January 1820 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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Pierre JEAN dit VIENS Catherine CANTARA

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Born: 23 March 1741 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre JEAN dit VIENS

Mother: Catherine CANTARA

Paternal grandparents: Pierre JEAN dit VIENS , Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE)

Maternal grandparents: Bernardin CANTARA dit DESLAURIERS , Petronille DANIS dite TOURANGEAU

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Pierre married Elisabeth-Isabelle BOISSEL 25 October 1767 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth-Isabelle BOISSEL was born 1 March 1749 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth-Isabelle died 3 January 1806 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Elisabeth-Isabelle was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOISSEL and Charlotte FORCIER.

Pierre VIENS dit JEAN died 18 January 1820 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Pierre VIENS dit JEAN married

Elisabeth-Isabelle BOISSEL
Marriage date: 25 October 1767
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Elisabeth-Isabelle BOISSEL was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOISSEL and Charlotte FORCIER

Children of Pierre VIENS dit JEAN and Elisabeth-Isabelle BOISSEL

Marie-Anne VIENS

Born: abt. 1790, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ 13 January 1817 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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Birth — 1741
23 March 1741
Sorel, 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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Pierre VIENS dit JEAN and Elisabeth-Isabelle BOISSEL 25 October 1767,

He was 26 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)

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

1806 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elisabeth-Isabelle BOISSEL died 3 January 1806, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne VIENS married 13 January 1817, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Pierre ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

Death — 1820
18 January 1820
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 78.

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