Ignace JEAN dit DENIS

Born

10 December 1713 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Died

7 April 1785 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada

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Joseph JEAN dit DENIS Marie-Renee GARNIER

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Ignace JEAN dit DENIS was born 10 December 1713 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Ignace JEAN dit DENIS was the child of Joseph JEAN dit DENIS and Marie-Renee GARNIER

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Denis JEAN dit DENIS and Marie PELLETIER (maternal) Jean GARNIER and Madeleine LEGUAY

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Ignace married Marie-Thérèse DROUIN 2 July 1753 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Thérèse DROUIN was born 11 September 1735 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Marie-Thérèse died 3 June 1799 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Thérèse was the child of François DROUIN and Madeleine ROY dite AUDY.

Ignace JEAN dit DENIS died 7 April 1785 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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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Ignace JEAN dit DENIS married

Marie-Thérèse DROUIN-- Date: 2 July 1753 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Thérèse DROUIN was the child of François DROUIN and Madeleine ROY dite AUDY

Children of Ignace JEAN dit DENIS and Marie-Thérèse DROUIN

Ignace DENIS dit JEAN (b.13 May 1754, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 23 October 1828, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada)
m. Catherine DEFOY 8 February 1779 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

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1713 Birth
10 December 1713
Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Ignace JEAN dit DENIS and Marie-Thérèse DROUIN 2 July 1753, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 39 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Ignace DENIS dit JEAN was born 13 May 1754, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Ignace was 40 years old.

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.