Pierre COTIN dit DUGAL

(b. 16 July 1759 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 26 May 1828 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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Pierre COTIN dit DUGAL was born 16 July 1759 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Pierre COTIN dit DUGAL was the child of Augustin COTIN dit DUGAL and Charlotte-Laurence FLUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph COTIN dit DUGAL and Marie-Charlotte GABOURY (maternal) Louis FLUET and Marguerite-Agnès CHEVALIER

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Pierre married Françoise LACROIX 13 January 1789 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Françoise LACROIX was born 08 August 1770 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Françoise died 25 April 1839 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Françoise was the child of Joseph-Nicolas LACROIX and Marie-Josephte BLOUIN.

Pierre COTIN dit DUGAL died 26 May 1828 in Montmagny, 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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Pierre COTIN dit DUGAL married

Françoise LACROIX-- Date: 13 January 1789 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Françoise LACROIX was the child of Joseph-Nicolas LACROIX and Marie-Josephte BLOUIN

Children of Pierre COTIN dit DUGAL and Françoise LACROIX:

Marie-Claire COTIN dite DUGAL (b.20 January 1794, Montmagny, Lower Canada d. 15 August 1839, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS 10 May 1819 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Luc COTIN dit DUGAL (b.abt. 1795, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie BERNARD 19 September 1820 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Elisabeth COTIN dite DUGAL (b.abt. 1811, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marc GARAND 22 November 1832 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1759 Birth
16 July 1759
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Marriage / Partner
Pierre COTIN dit DUGAL and Françoise LACROIX 13 January 1789, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 29 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Birth of Child
Marie-Claire COTIN dite DUGAL was born 20 January 1794, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Pierre was 34 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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 Marriage of Child
Marie-Claire COTIN dite DUGAL married 10 May 1819 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Marriage of Child
Luc COTIN dit DUGAL married 19 September 1820, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada to Marie BERNARD

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)