Joseph
GREGOIRE dit DEBLOIS
Born
19 September 1783
,
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died
18 April 1866
,
Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East
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Joseph GREGOIRE dit DEBLOIS married Marie-Louise BROUILLET
Marriage date: 11 June 1804
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise BROUILLET was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE and Marie-Anne-Jeanne BOURASSA
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
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Marie-Louise BROUILLETMarriage date: 11 June 1804
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise BROUILLET was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE and Marie-Anne-Jeanne BOURASSA
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Joseph GREGOIRE dit DEBLOIS and Marie-Louise BROUILLET
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Québec Genealogy Notes
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Québec Place Names Through History
Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.
- Early 1600s–1760
- Canada, New France
- 1760–1763
- Canada
- 1763–1791
- Province of Québec
- 1791–1867
- Lower Canada
- 1867–present
- Québec, Canada
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.
A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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Birth — 178319 September 1783
La Prairie, 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
1804 Marriage / PartnerJoseph GREGOIRE dit DEBLOIS and Marie-Louise BROUILLET 11 June 1804, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)
He was 20 years old.
1805 Birth of ChildMarie-Louise GREGOIRE was born 22 March 1805, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)
Joseph was 21 years old.
1807 Birth of ChildArchange GREGOIRE was born 2 March 1807, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)
Joseph was 23 years old.
1808 Birth of ChildJoseph GREGOIRE was born 13 October 1808, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada
Joseph was 25 years old.
1810 Birth of ChildHubert GREGOIRE was born 23 May 1810, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)
Joseph was 26 years old.
1812 Birth of ChildJulien GREGOIRE was born 14 September 1812, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada
Joseph was 29 years old.
1814 Birth of ChildNarcisse GREGOIRE was born 12 March 1814, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)
Joseph was 30 years old.
1815 Birth of ChildJulien GREGOIRE was born 19 August 1815, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)
Joseph was 31 years old.
1817 Birth of ChildPhebee GREGOIRE was born 16 February 1817, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)
Joseph was 33 years old.
1817 Birth of ChildSusanne GREGOIRE was born 16 February 1817, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)
Joseph was 33 years old.
1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.1819 Birth of ChildHilaire GREGOIRE was born 2 March 1819, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)
Joseph was 35 years old.
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1820 Birth of ChildEmelie GREGOIRE was born 4 August 1820, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)
Joseph was 36 years old.
1821 Birth of ChildAdelaide GREGOIRE was born 24 December 1821, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)
Joseph was 38 years old.
1822 Death of ChildAdelaide GREGOIRE died 13 August 1822, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)
Joseph was 38 years old.
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1833 Marriage of ChildPhebee GREGOIRE married 30 April 1833, Napierville, Lower Canada to François-Xavier BARBEAU
1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada1842 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie-Louise BROUILLET died 9 July 1842, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)
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)
1851 Death of ChildPhebee GREGOIRE died 24 March 1851, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)
Joseph was 67 years old.
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.Death — 186618 April 1866
Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East
He died at the age of 82.
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