Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

Born

12 November 1767 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

17 April 1844 , La Pocatière, Canada East

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Gabriel ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT Marie-Madeleine DENIS dite QUIMPER

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Born: 12 November 1767 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Gabriel ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT

Mother: Marie-Madeleine DENIS dite QUIMPER

Paternal grandparents: Pierre ST-PIERRE , Helene LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Corentin DENIS dit QUIMPER , Madeleine LIZOTTE

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Marie-Theotiste married Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE 4 November 1794 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE was born abt. 1770 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Madeleine CHOISY dite DESENNEY.

Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT died 17 April 1844 in La Pocatière, Canada East .
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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-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT married

Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE
Marriage date: 4 November 1794
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE was the child of Jean-Baptiste PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Madeleine CHOISY dite DESENNEY

Children of Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

Priscille PINEL dite LAFRANCE

Born: 22 April 1804, La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Died: 13 June 1865, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East

Married: Jean-Celestin LIZOTTE 16 October 1827 Place: La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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Birth — 1767
12 November 1767
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

1794 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT and Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE 4 November 1794, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 26 years old.

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

1804 Birth of Child
Priscille PINEL dite LAFRANCE was born 22 April 1804, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Marie-Theotiste was 36 years old.

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

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)

1827 Marriage of Child
Priscille PINEL dite LAFRANCE married 16 October 1827, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Jean-Celestin LIZOTTE

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

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)