Pierre Francois BENETEAU dit LABALEINE

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31 August 1745 , Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)

Died

3 March 1803 , Essex, , Upper Canada

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Born: 31 August 1745 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)

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Pierre Francois married Marie-Françoise GAGNON 8 September 1767 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Françoise GAGNON was born 8 October 1746 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France. Marie-Françoise died 30 September 1824 in Essex, , Upper Canada. Marie-Françoise was the child of François GAGNON and Marie-Thecle DEBLOIS.

Pierre Francois BENETEAU dit LABALEINE died 3 March 1803 in Essex, , Upper Canada.
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Pierre Francois BENETEAU dit LABALEINE married

Marie-Françoise GAGNON
Marriage date: 8 September 1767
Marriage place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Françoise GAGNON was the child of François GAGNON and Marie-Thecle DEBLOIS

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Pierre BENETEAU

Born: 27 February 1785, Assumption, Quebec (Ontario), Canada
Died: 21 October 1827, Amherstburg, , Upper Canada

Married: Mary Jane GIGNAC 1 October 1811

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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 — 1745
31 August 1745
Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1767 Marriage / Partner
Pierre Francois BENETEAU dit LABALEINE and Marie-Françoise GAGNON 8 September 1767, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 22 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Pierre BENETEAU was born 27 February 1785, Assumption, Ontario, Canada

Pierre Francois was 39 years old.

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

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

Death — 1803
3 March 1803
Essex, , Upper Canada
He died at the age of 57.

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The name Michigan is based on a native American (Chippewa) word; 'meicigama' (meaning 'great water,' a word referring to Lake Superior). (statesymbolsusa.org)

January 26, 1837 - Michigan becomes 26th U.S. state

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