Joseph-Francois THOMAS dit TRANCHEMONTAGNE

Born

18 May 1761 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada

Died

20 July 1821 , Montebello, Lower Canada

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François THOMAS dit TRANCHEMONTAGNE Louise-Petronille BOULANGER dite ST-PIERRE

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Born: 18 May 1761 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada

Father: François THOMAS dit TRANCHEMONTAGNE

Mother: Louise-Petronille BOULANGER dite ST-PIERRE

Paternal grandparents: François THOMAS dit TRANCHEMONTAGNE , Catherine MONDOU (MONDOUX) dite ST-PIERRE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Pierre-Ignace BOULANGER , Elisabeth-Isabelle MOUET DE MORAS

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Joseph-Francois married Marie-Anne DENOMME 26 November 1798 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne DENOMME was born 22 December 1778 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne died 3 July 1863 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Joseph DENOMME and Marie-Anne DUBOIS.

Joseph-Francois THOMAS dit TRANCHEMONTAGNE died 20 July 1821 in Montebello, 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
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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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Joseph-Francois THOMAS dit TRANCHEMONTAGNE married

Marie-Anne DENOMME
Marriage date: 26 November 1798
Marriage place: Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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Marie-Anne DENOMME was the child of Joseph DENOMME and Marie-Anne DUBOIS

Children of Joseph-Francois THOMAS dit TRANCHEMONTAGNE and Marie-Anne DENOMME

Victoire THOMAS dite TRANCHEMONTAGNE

Born: 8 October 1800, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Lower Canada
Died: 18 October 1871, Ripon, Quebec, Canada

Married: Vital DEMERS 23 January 1826 Place: Montebello, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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Birth — 1761
18 May 1761
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada

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.

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)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Francois THOMAS dit TRANCHEMONTAGNE and Marie-Anne DENOMME 26 November 1798, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

He was 37 years old.

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

1800 Birth of Child
Victoire THOMAS dite TRANCHEMONTAGNE was born 8 October 1800, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Francois was 39 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