Marie-Catherine GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN

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20 February 1775 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

1 September 1794 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

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Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN Marie-Catherine HAZEUR

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Born: 20 February 1775 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN

Mother: Marie-Catherine HAZEUR

Paternal grandparents: Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN , Marie-Madeleine FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE

Maternal grandparents: Michel DEMURIES dit HAZEUR GAMELIN , Marie-Madeleine BIBEAU

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Marie-Catherine married Etienne-Louis PEPIN 22 October 1792 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Etienne-Louis PEPIN was born 18 April 1771 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Etienne-Louis died 28 February 1847 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Etienne-Louis was the child of Louis-Etienne PEPIN and Jeanne MCCLURE.

Marie-Catherine GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN died 1 September 1794 in Yamaska, Lower Canada .

married Louis Pepin, 22 October 1792, Yamaska, Quebec

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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-Catherine GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN married

Etienne-Louis PEPIN
Marriage date: 22 October 1792
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Etienne-Louis PEPIN was the child of Louis-Etienne PEPIN and Jeanne MCCLURE

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Birth — 1775
20 February 1775
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine GAUCIN dite ST GERMAIN and Etienne-Louis PEPIN 22 October 1792, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 17 years old.

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