Pierre CREVIER dit DESCHENEAU

(b. 3 January 1747 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 10 December 1807 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada )

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Pierre CREVIER dit DESCHENEAU was born 3 January 1747 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Pierre CREVIER dit DESCHENEAU was the child of Louis CREVIER dit DESCHENAUX and Catherine COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste CREVIER dit DESCHENAUX and Marie-Madeleine BABIE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ and Jeanne RENOUX

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Pierre married Marie-Josephte DUPRAS (PRATTE) 8 June 1775 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Josephte DUPRAS (PRATTE) was born 2 December 1749 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie-Josephte died 5 September 1825 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPRAT (PRATTE) and Marie-Claire BOUTON.

Pierre CREVIER dit DESCHENEAU died 10 December 1807 in Saint-François-du-Lac, 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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Marie-Josephte DUPRAS (PRATTE)-- Date: 8 June 1775 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada
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Marie-Josephte DUPRAS (PRATTE) was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUPRAT (PRATTE) and Marie-Claire BOUTON

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1747 Birth
3 January 1747
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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 Marriage / Partner
Pierre CREVIER dit DESCHENEAU and Marie-Josephte DUPRAS (PRATTE) 8 June 1775, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

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.