Jacques GOYER dit BELISLE

Born

1 May 1738 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

17 August 1828 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada

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Jacques GOYER dit BELISLE Apolline DUBOIS

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Born: 1 May 1738 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques GOYER dit BELISLE

Mother: Apolline DUBOIS

Paternal grandparents: Jacques GOYER dit BELISLE , Helene COURAULT

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Antoine DUBOIS dit LAVIOLETTE , Louise PLUMEREAU

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Jacques married Marie-Josephe-Dorothee MARCHAND 14 October 1765 in Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe-Dorothee MARCHAND was born abt. 1746 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Josephe-Dorothee died 9 August 1787 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe-Dorothee was the child of François MARCHAND and Marguerite CHAMBERLAND.

Jacques GOYER dit BELISLE died 17 August 1828 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, 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
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 GOYER dit BELISLE married

Marie-Josephe-Dorothee MARCHAND
Marriage date: 14 October 1765
Marriage place: Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe-Dorothee MARCHAND was the child of François MARCHAND and Marguerite CHAMBERLAND

Children of Jacques GOYER dit BELISLE and Marie-Josephe-Dorothee MARCHAND

Pierre GOYER

Born: 29 July 1775, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Josephte LEGAULT 22 February 1802 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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Birth — 1738
1 May 1738
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Jacques GOYER dit BELISLE and Marie-Josephe-Dorothee MARCHAND 14 October 1765, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

He was 27 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Pierre GOYER was born 29 July 1775, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 37 years old.

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.