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Marc-Antoine OLIVIER dit PICARD was born abt. 1660 in France
Marc-Antoine OLIVIER dit PICARD was the child of ? and ?Marc-Antoine was an immigrant, arriving by 1690.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marc-Antoine married Françoise DARDENNE 17 June 1690 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* . Françoise DARDENNE was born 17 April 1677 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Françoise was the child of René DARDENNE and Françoise BARBERY.
son of Antoine Olivier and Marguerite Savantin
Occupation
Marc-Antoine OLIVIER dit PICARD was a Soldat.
The soldat, or soldier, is the first military rank in the army, at the first level of military hierarchy.
Some of the first soldiers to set foot on Canadian soil were French or English men, hired by companies engaged in exploration or the fur trade. These companies were responsible for all costs associated with the soldiers: recruitment, overseas travel, equipment, maintenance and salary. The soldiers were responsible for protecting the expeditions and their interests.
Source: tfcq.ca
A Soldier's Tale: Life as a Soldat in 18th Century New France
Marc-Antoine OLIVIER dit PICARD was a Soldat.
The soldat, or soldier, is the first military rank in the army, at the first level of military hierarchy.
Some of the first soldiers to set foot on Canadian soil were French or English men, hired by companies engaged in exploration or the fur trade. These companies were responsible for all costs associated with the soldiers: recruitment, overseas travel, equipment, maintenance and salary. The soldiers were responsible for protecting the expeditions and their interests.
Source: tfcq.ca
A Soldier's Tale: Life as a Soldat in 18th Century New France
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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Françoise DARDENNE-- Date: 17 June 1690 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Françoise DARDENNE was the child of René DARDENNE and Françoise BARBERY
Children of Marc-Antoine OLIVIER dit PICARD and Françoise DARDENNE:
Françoise DARDENNE-- Date: 17 June 1690 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* Françoise DARDENNE was the child of René DARDENNE and Françoise BARBERY
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Biography
OLIVIER, dit Le Picard, MARC-ANTOINE, gold- and silversmith and soldier; fl. 1688–96.
A native of the region of Beauvais, Marc-Antoine Olivier probably served his apprenticeship under a master goldsmith in Amiens. In 1688 he enlisted in the company of fusiliers which François de Galiffet* raised in Picardy for service in New France – whence the nickname. Scarcely had they arrived in Canada when Galiffet and his 300 men went to Montreal, the crucial point for the defence of the territory against the Indians.
Marc-Antoine Olivier appears to have followed Galiffet in his moves. In 1689 he belonged first to the garrison of Trois-Rivières. At the time of the Lachine massacre (3 Aug. 1689), he was at Pointe-Saint-Charles. On 17 June 1690 he married at Pointe-aux-Trembles (near Montreal) a young girl of 13, Françoise Dardaine. In the marriage certificate he is called “a soldier in Galifé’s company.” One of his brothers-in-arms, Michel Senau dit La Viazère, was present at the ceremony...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
OLIVIER, dit Le Picard, MARC-ANTOINE, gold- and silversmith and soldier; fl. 1688–96.
A native of the region of Beauvais, Marc-Antoine Olivier probably served his apprenticeship under a master goldsmith in Amiens. In 1688 he enlisted in the company of fusiliers which François de Galiffet* raised in Picardy for service in New France – whence the nickname. Scarcely had they arrived in Canada when Galiffet and his 300 men went to Montreal, the crucial point for the defence of the territory against the Indians.
Marc-Antoine Olivier appears to have followed Galiffet in his moves. In 1689 he belonged first to the garrison of Trois-Rivières. At the time of the Lachine massacre (3 Aug. 1689), he was at Pointe-Saint-Charles. On 17 June 1690 he married at Pointe-aux-Trembles (near Montreal) a young girl of 13, Françoise Dardaine. In the marriage certificate he is called “a soldier in Galifé’s company.” One of his brothers-in-arms, Michel Senau dit La Viazère, was present at the ceremony...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
1690 Marriage / PartnerMarc-Antoine OLIVIER dit PICARD and Françoise DARDENNE 17 June 1690, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)
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