Gabriel VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT

(b. 7 May 1732 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 4 October 1790 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Gabriel VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT was born 7 May 1732 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Gabriel VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT was the child of François VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT and Marie-Josephte LEFETTEY and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Noel VANASSE and Jeanne FOURRIER (maternal) Jean LE FETTEY dit LAMONTAGNE and Suzanne RABOUIN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Gabriel married Marguerite AUBRY 10 October 1763 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite AUBRY was born 16 April 1746 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marguerite died 4 February 1773 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marguerite was the child of Joseph AUBRY and Marie-Josephte CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE.

Gabriel married (2) Catherine GAUTHIER 4 October 1773 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada* . Catherine GAUTHIER was born 1 April 1740 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Catherine died 11 October 1830 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Catherine was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Catherine HUBERT.

Gabriel VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT died 4 October 1790 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Gabriel VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT

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Gabriel VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT married

Marguerite AUBRY-- Date: 10 October 1763 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite AUBRY was the child of Joseph AUBRY and Marie-Josephte CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE

Children:

Josephte Précourt 1767-
Marguerite Précourt 1771-

Children of Gabriel VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT and Marguerite AUBRY:

Josephte VANASSE PRÉCOURT (b.7 March 1767, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 December 1808, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Joseph CAYA (CAILLA) 23 February 1784 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT married

Catherine GAUTHIER-- Date: 4 October 1773 Place: Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada*
Catherine GAUTHIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Catherine HUBERT

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1732 Birth
7 May 1732
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT and Marguerite AUBRY 10 October 1763, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 31 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Josephte VANASSE PRÉCOURT was born 7 March 1767, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabriel was 34 years old.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT and Catherine GAUTHIER 4 October 1773, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

He was 41 years old.

1773 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite AUBRY died 4 February 1773, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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)

1784 Marriage of Child
Josephte VANASSE PRÉCOURT married 23 February 1784, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Louis-Joseph CAYA (CAILLA)

1790 Death
4 October 1790
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 58.

Added: 1/28/2015 10:19:35 AM - Updated: 1/12/2020 12:02:04 PM