Nicolas DEBLOIS dit GREGOIRE died
30 September 1819
in L'Acadie, 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.
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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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.
1774 Marriage / Partner Nicolas DEBLOIS dit GREGOIRE and Angélique MONDOU 21 November 1774, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1775 Birth of Child Nicolas GREGOIRE dit DEBLOIS was born 29 August 1775, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
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.
1777 Birth of Child Marie-Angelique GREGOIRE was born 15 March 1777, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
1783 Birth of Child Joseph GREGOIRE dit DEBLOIS was born 19 September 1783, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
Nicolas
DEBLOIS dit GREGOIRE
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
Angélique MONDOU
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.
1774 Marriage / Partner
1775 Birth of Child
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)
Death — 1819
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