Thérèse GAGNÉ dite POITEVIN

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abt. 1702 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

23 April 1780 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada

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François GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN Jeanne VANASSE

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Born: abt. 1702 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: François GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN

Mother: Jeanne VANASSE

Maternal grandparents: François-Noel VANASSE , Jeanne FOURRIER

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Thérèse married Jean JOYAL 1 February 1723 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean JOYAL was born 22 September 1683 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Jean died 18 September 1776 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Jean was the child of Jacques-Louis JOYAL dit BERGERAT (JOUIEL) and Marie-Gertrude MORAL.

Thérèse GAGNÉ dite POITEVIN died 23 April 1780 in Saint-François-du-Lac, 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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Thérèse GAGNÉ dite POITEVIN married

Jean JOYAL
Marriage date: 1 February 1723
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Jean JOYAL was the child of Jacques-Louis JOYAL dit BERGERAT (JOUIEL) and Marie-Gertrude MORAL

Children of Jean JOYAL and Thérèse GAGNÉ dite POITEVIN

Marie-Louise JOYAL

Born: 7 October 1730, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 27 June 1803, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Married: Claude TOUVELIN dit LARIVIERE 30 August 1762 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Madeleine JOYAL

Born: 21 October 1732, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Gabriel GAUTHIER 10 January 1757 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Jeanne JOYAL

Born: 20 July 1734, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 30 January 1813, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

Married: François-Regis PINARD dit LAUZIÈRE 15 May 1767 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1723 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse GAGNÉ dite POITEVIN and Jean JOYAL 1 February 1723, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

1730 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise JOYAL was born 7 October 1730, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

1732 Birth of Child
Madeleine JOYAL was born 21 October 1732, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

1734 Birth of Child
Jeanne JOYAL was born 20 July 1734, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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

1757 Marriage of Child
Madeleine JOYAL married 10 January 1757, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Gabriel GAUTHIER

1762 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise JOYAL married 30 August 1762, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Claude TOUVELIN dit LARIVIERE

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.

1767 Marriage of Child
Jeanne JOYAL married 15 May 1767, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to François-Regis PINARD dit LAUZIÈRE

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.