Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN

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24 April 1756 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

17 March 1823 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada

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Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE Marguerite RENOUX dite LACHAPELLE

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Born: 24 April 1756 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE

Mother: Marguerite RENOUX dite LACHAPELLE

Paternal grandparents: François GAMELIN dit LAUNIERE , Marie-Catherine DUBOIS dite BRISEBOIS

Maternal grandparents: Charles-Michel-François RENOUX , Catherine MARIN

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Michel married Marie-Josephe BRASSARD dite DESCHENEAUX 1 March 1791 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe BRASSARD dite DESCHENEAUX was born 5 May 1771 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Josephe died 8 December 1833 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph BRASSARD dit DESCHENEAUX and Madeleine VALLEE.

Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN died 17 March 1823 in L'Assomption, 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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Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN married

Marie-Josephe BRASSARD dite DESCHENEAUX
Marriage date: 1 March 1791
Marriage place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephe BRASSARD dite DESCHENEAUX was the child of Joseph BRASSARD dit DESCHENEAUX and Madeleine VALLEE

Children of Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN and Marie-Josephe BRASSARD dite DESCHENEAUX

Adelaide LAUNIERE dite GAMELIN

Born: 23 June 1793, Beauceville, Lower Canada
Died: 17 September 1840, Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

Married: Francois-Michel-Edouard LARUE 22 July 1817 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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Birth — 1756
24 April 1756
Québec, Canada, New France

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.

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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN and Marie-Josephe BRASSARD dite DESCHENEAUX 1 March 1791, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

He was 34 years old.

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

1793 Birth of Child
Adelaide LAUNIERE dite GAMELIN was born 23 June 1793, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Michel was 37 years old.

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

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

1817 Marriage of Child
Adelaide LAUNIERE dite GAMELIN married 22 July 1817, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Francois-Michel-Edouard LARUE

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