Catherine DENIS dite QUIMPER

Born

10 October 1769 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

13 December 1842 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East

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Pierre DENIS dit QUIMPER Genevieve MICHAUD

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Born: 10 October 1769 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre DENIS dit QUIMPER

Mother: Genevieve MICHAUD

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

Maternal grandparents: Alexandre MICHAUD , Brigitte CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS

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Catherine married Sebastien HARVEY 18 July 1791 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Sebastien HARVEY was born 3 April 1767 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Sebastien died 20 April 1834 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Sebastien was the child of Dominique HERVE (HARVEY) and Geneviève SAVARD.

Catherine DENIS dite QUIMPER died 13 December 1842 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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Catherine DENIS dite QUIMPER married

Sebastien HARVEY
Marriage date: 18 July 1791
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Sebastien HARVEY was the child of Dominique HERVE (HARVEY) and Geneviève SAVARD

Children of Sebastien HARVEY and Catherine DENIS dite QUIMPER

Marie HARVEY

Born: 8 August 1812, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Died: 24 December 1869, Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Témiscouata, Canada

Married: Jean TREMBLAY 2 March 1835 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1769
10 October 1769
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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Catherine DENIS dite QUIMPER and Sebastien HARVEY 18 July 1791, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 21 years old.

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

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

1812 Birth of Child
Marie HARVEY was born 8 August 1812, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Catherine was 42 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