Pierre POISSANT dit LASALINE

Born

abt. 1707 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

19 January 1783 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jacques POISSANT dit LASALINE Marie-Marguerite BESSETTE (BESSET)

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Born: abt. 1707 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Jacques POISSANT dit LASALINE

Mother: Marie-Marguerite BESSETTE (BESSET)

Maternal grandparents: Jean BESSETTE (BESSET) dit BRISETOUT , Anne SEIGNEUR

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Pierre married Angélique GIROUX 16 April 1736 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Angélique GIROUX was born 11 October 1715 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Angélique died 6 July 1786 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Angélique was the child of Pierre-François GIROUX dit DESFOURCHETTES and Marie-Angelique MAHEU.

Pierre POISSANT dit LASALINE died 19 January 1783 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, 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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Pierre POISSANT dit LASALINE married

Angélique GIROUX
Marriage date: 16 April 1736
Marriage place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Angélique GIROUX was the child of Pierre-François GIROUX dit DESFOURCHETTES and Marie-Angelique MAHEU

Children of Pierre POISSANT dit LASALINE and Angélique GIROUX

Pierre-François POISSANT

Born: 6 January 1737, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 29 February 1801, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Catherine MONET 19 April 1762 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Angélique POISSANT

Born: 22 December 1740, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 22 February 1806, La Prairie, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste TALLARD (TALARD) 20 October 1760 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Catherine POISSANT

Born: 30 November 1749, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 26 July 1825, Napierville, Lower Canada

Married: Jean PERRIER dit OLIVIER 12 February 1770 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Geneviève POISSANT dite LASALINE

Born: 25 June 1752, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Eustache-Laurent MARTIN 11 April 1774 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1736 Marriage / Partner
Pierre POISSANT dit LASALINE and Angélique GIROUX 16 April 1736, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1737 Birth of Child
Pierre-François POISSANT was born 6 January 1737, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1740 Birth of Child
Angélique POISSANT was born 22 December 1740, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1749 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine POISSANT was born 30 November 1749, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1752 Birth of Child
Geneviève POISSANT dite LASALINE was born 25 June 1752, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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

1760 Marriage of Child
Angélique POISSANT married 20 October 1760, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jean-Baptiste TALLARD (TALARD)

1762 Marriage of Child
Pierre-François POISSANT married 19 April 1762, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie-Catherine MONET

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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine POISSANT married 12 February 1770, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jean PERRIER dit OLIVIER

1774 Marriage of Child
Geneviève POISSANT dite LASALINE married 11 April 1774, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Eustache-Laurent MARTIN

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.