Jacques SAUVAGE dit ROULEAU

Born

30 April 1759 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Died

30 July 1826 , Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Canada

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Jacques Christophe SAUVAGE Marie-Genevieve COUTURE

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Born: 30 April 1759 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques Christophe SAUVAGE

Mother: Marie-Genevieve COUTURE

Paternal grandparents: Thomas SAUVAGE , Anne LAPIERRE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre COUTURE , Marguerite BOUFFARD

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Jacques married Angelique RICHARD 21 June 1784 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique RICHARD was born 6 February 1762 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Angelique died 25 July 1854 in Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Canada. Angelique was the child of Michel RICHARD and Marie-Angélique MERCIER.

Jacques SAUVAGE dit ROULEAU died 30 July 1826 in Ste-Claire, Dorchester, 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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Jacques SAUVAGE dit ROULEAU married

Angelique RICHARD
Marriage date: 21 June 1784
Marriage place: Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Angelique RICHARD was the child of Michel RICHARD and Marie-Angélique MERCIER

Children of Jacques SAUVAGE dit ROULEAU and Angelique RICHARD

Julien SAUVAGE dit ROULEAU

Born: 9 June 1786, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 October 1841, Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marguerite FONTAINE 22 January 1810 Place: Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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Birth — 1759
30 April 1759
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

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)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Jacques SAUVAGE dit ROULEAU and Angelique RICHARD 21 June 1784, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1786 Birth of Child
Julien SAUVAGE dit ROULEAU was born 9 June 1786, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 27 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1810 Marriage of Child
Julien SAUVAGE dit ROULEAU married 22 January 1810, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Marguerite FONTAINE

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)