Marie-Madeleine DENIS dite QUIMPER

Born

13 June 1736 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Died

29 November 1816 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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Pierre-Corentin DENIS dit QUIMPER Madeleine LIZOTTE

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Born: 13 June 1736 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre-Corentin DENIS dit QUIMPER

Mother: Madeleine LIZOTTE

Maternal grandparents: Noel LIZOTTE , Catherine MENEUX

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Marie-Madeleine married Gabriel ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT 1 February 1758 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Gabriel ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT was born 16 September 1736 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Gabriel died 23 August 1791 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Gabriel was the child of Pierre ST-PIERRE and Helene LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR.

Marie-Madeleine DENIS dite QUIMPER died 29 November 1816 in La Pocatière, 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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Marie-Madeleine DENIS dite QUIMPER married

Gabriel ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT
Marriage date: 1 February 1758
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Gabriel ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT was the child of Pierre ST-PIERRE and Helene LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR

Children of Gabriel ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Madeleine DENIS dite QUIMPER

Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

Born: 12 November 1767, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 17 April 1844, La Pocatière, Canada East

Married: Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE 4 November 1794 Place: La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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Birth — 1736
13 June 1736
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine DENIS dite QUIMPER and Gabriel ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT 1 February 1758, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 21 years old.

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.

1767 Birth of Child
Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was born 12 November 1767, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Marie-Madeleine was 31 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

1791 Death of Spouse/Partner
Gabriel ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT died 23 August 1791, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT married 4 November 1794, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE

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

Death — 1816
29 November 1816
La Pocatière, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 80.

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