Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT

(b. 10 July 1761 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada d. 1 August 1839 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born 10 July 1761 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada

Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was the child of Xainte-Marie-Louis ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Angélique COUTURIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER (maternal) Pierre COUTURIER and Angélique-Desanges CARON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Marie married Marguerite BELANGER 14 November 1785 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite BELANGER was born 15 March 1768 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marguerite died 19 September 1842 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Jean-Gabriel BELANGER and Marie-Victoire BERNIER.

Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT died 1 August 1839 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT married

Marguerite BELANGER-- Date: 14 November 1785 Place: L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite BELANGER was the child of Jean-Gabriel BELANGER and Marie-Victoire BERNIER

Children of Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marguerite BELANGER:

Pierre ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT (b.13 December 1795, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. abt. 1878, Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Québec, Canada)
m. Basilisse BOIS 4 February 1823 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1761 Birth
10 July 1761
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada

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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Marie ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marguerite BELANGER 14 November 1785, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 24 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1795 Birth of Child
Pierre ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born 13 December 1795, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Jean-Marie was 34 years old.

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

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

1823 Marriage of Child
Pierre ST PIERRE dit DESSAINT married 4 February 1823, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to Basilisse BOIS

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec