Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN

Born

11 June 1777 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

16 December 1862 , Saint-Aimé, Canada East

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Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN Marie-Catherine HAZEUR

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Born: 11 June 1777 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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Michel married Jeanne-Anne PÉTRIN 17 February 1800 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jeanne-Anne PÉTRIN was born 14 November 1777 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Jeanne-Anne died 19 April 1860 in Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada (Massueville) (St-Aime). Jeanne-Anne was the child of Antoine PÉTRIN and Marie-Thérèse FORCIER.

Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN died 16 December 1862 in Saint-Aimé, Canada East .

married Jeanne Anne Petrin, 17 February 1800, 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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Spouse & Children of Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN

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Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN married

Jeanne-Anne PÉTRIN
Marriage date: 17 February 1800
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Jeanne-Anne PÉTRIN was the child of Antoine PÉTRIN and Marie-Thérèse FORCIER

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Children of Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Jeanne-Anne PÉTRIN

Marie ST-GERMAIN dite GAUSSIN

Born: 27 January 1801, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 18 December 1874, Yamaska, Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph LAMBERT 18 September 1820 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Antoine ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN

Born: 29 September 1803, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 13 May 1892, Saint-Aimé, Québec, Canada

Married: Therese CAYA dite COURCHESNE 26 February 1827 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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Birth — 1777
11 June 1777
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

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

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

1800 Marriage / Partner
Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Jeanne-Anne PÉTRIN 17 February 1800, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 22 years old.

1801 Birth of Child
Marie ST-GERMAIN dite GAUSSIN was born 27 January 1801, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 23 years old.

1803 Birth of Child
Antoine ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN was born 29 September 1803, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 26 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

1820 Marriage of Child
Marie ST-GERMAIN dite GAUSSIN married 18 September 1820, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Joseph LAMBERT

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)

1827 Marriage of Child
Antoine ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN married 26 February 1827, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Therese CAYA dite COURCHESNE

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.