Marie-Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

Born

4 June 1767 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

31 March 1847 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East

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Joseph-Alex ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT Madeleine SAUCIER

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Born: 4 June 1767 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph-Alex ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT

Mother: Madeleine SAUCIER

Paternal grandparents: Alexandre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT , Marie-Anne CHOUINARD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre SAUCIER , Marie-Geneviève BERUBE

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Marie-Marguerite married Pierre BLANCHET 4 February 1788 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre BLANCHET was born 3 November 1762 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 28 April 1845 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Pierre BLANCHET and Marie-Marthe CLOUTIER.

Marie-Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT died 31 March 1847 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada East.
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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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Marie-Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT married

Pierre BLANCHET
Marriage date: 4 February 1788
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre BLANCHET was the child of Pierre BLANCHET and Marie-Marthe CLOUTIER

Children of Pierre BLANCHET and Marie-Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

Charles BLANCHET

Born: 30 October 1800, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Died: 9 June 1857, Lotbinière, Canada East

Married: Marie-Modeste DUBE 19 July 1825 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1767
4 June 1767
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT and Pierre BLANCHET 4 February 1788, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 20 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)

1800 Birth of Child
Charles BLANCHET was born 30 October 1800, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Marie-Marguerite was 33 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England