Geneviève DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS

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2 March 1734 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

1 July 1798 , Donnacona, Lower Canada

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Nicolas DASSYLVA dit PORTUGUAIS Elisabeth LAISNE (LAINÉ)

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Born: 2 March 1734 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Nicolas DASSYLVA dit PORTUGUAIS

Mother: Elisabeth LAISNE (LAINÉ)

Paternal grandparents: Pedro Pierre DASSYLVA , Marie-Jeanne GRESLON

Maternal grandparents: Bernard LAISNE (LAINÉ) , Anne DIONNE

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Geneviève married Pierre PAQUET 13 November 1752 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre PAQUET was born 27 January 1731 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Pierre died 9 May 1812 in Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils). Pierre was the child of Jacques PAQUET and Catherine AUCLAIR.

Geneviève DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS died 1 July 1798 in Donnacona, 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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Geneviève DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS married

Pierre PAQUET
Marriage date: 13 November 1752
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Pierre PAQUET was the child of Jacques PAQUET and Catherine AUCLAIR

Children of Pierre PAQUET and Geneviève DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS

Marie PAQUET

Born: abt. 1770, , Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph-Noel LANGLOIS 28 February 1791 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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Birth — 1734
2 March 1734
Québec, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS and Pierre PAQUET 13 November 1752, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 18 years old.

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 - 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)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Marriage of Child
Marie PAQUET married 28 February 1791, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Joseph-Noel LANGLOIS

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