Helene GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE

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30 September 1746 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Died

26 February 1811 , Château-Richer, Lower Canada

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Augustin GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE Marie-Louise POULIN

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Born: 30 September 1746 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Father: Augustin GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE

Mother: Marie-Louise POULIN

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE , Anne GUILLOT

Maternal grandparents: Joseph POULIN , Louise BOLDUC

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Helene married Jean-Baptiste TOUPIN dit DUSSAULT 27 September 1773 in Château-Richer, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste TOUPIN dit DUSSAULT was born 4 March 1727 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Jean-Baptiste died 7 November 1807 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Antoine TOUPIN and Françoise LEFEBVRE.

Helene GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE died 26 February 1811 in Château-Richer, 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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Helene GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE married

Jean-Baptiste TOUPIN dit DUSSAULT
Marriage date: 27 September 1773
Marriage place: Château-Richer, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste TOUPIN dit DUSSAULT was the child of Antoine TOUPIN and Françoise LEFEBVRE

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Birth — 1746
30 September 1746
Château-Richer, 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
Helene GUERIN dite ST-HILAIRE and Jean-Baptiste TOUPIN dit DUSSAULT 27 September 1773, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

She was 27 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)

1807 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste TOUPIN dit DUSSAULT died 7 November 1807, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Death — 1811
26 February 1811
Château-Richer, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 64.

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