Antoine GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN

Born

27 February 1789 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

31 July 1832 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Antoine GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN Elisabeth BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE

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Born: 27 February 1789 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Antoine GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN

Mother: Elisabeth BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE

Paternal grandparents: François GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN , Marguerite JETTE

Maternal grandparents: Ignace BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE , Marie-Reine MALARD dite LAVERDURE

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Antoine married Angelique HODGINS 4 May 1812 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique HODGINS was born 18 December 1790 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Angelique was the child of William HODGINS and Marie-Madeleine LEBEQUE.

Antoine GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN died 31 July 1832 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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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Antoine GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN married

Angelique HODGINS
Marriage date: 4 May 1812
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Angelique HODGINS was the child of William HODGINS and Marie-Madeleine LEBEQUE

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Children of Antoine GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN and Angelique HODGINS

Narcisse Edouard GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN

Born: 21 January 1819, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 3 July 1898, Grafton, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Emilie CHAPUT 28 January 1840 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1789
27 February 1789
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Antoine GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN and Angelique HODGINS 4 May 1812, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 23 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.

1819 Birth of Child
Narcisse Edouard GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN was born 21 January 1819, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 29 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England