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Germain PETIT dit ST-PIERRE

(b. 17 March 1762 , La Pocatière, Canada d. 6 January 1846 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada )

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Germain PETIT dit ST-PIERRE was born 17 March 1762 in La Pocatière, Canada

Germain PETIT dit ST-PIERRE was the child of Pierre PETIT dit ST-PIERRE and Judith MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Germain married Marie-Ursule LEBLANC 20 August 1787 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 17 children. Marie-Ursule LEBLANC was born 1 April 1771 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Ursule died 5 June 1816 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Ursule was the child of André LEBLANC and Marie-Josephe-Charlotte BAUGIS (BOUGIE).

Germain PETIT dit ST-PIERRE died 6 January 1846 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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 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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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Germain PETIT dit ST-PIERRE

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Germain PETIT dit ST-PIERRE married

Marie-Ursule LEBLANC-- Date: 20 August 1787 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie-Ursule LEBLANC was the child of André LEBLANC and Marie-Josephe-Charlotte BAUGIS (BOUGIE)

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Children of Germain PETIT dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Ursule LEBLANC:

Marie-Josephte ST PIERRE dite PETIT (b.2 March 1789, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 May 1850, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada )

Germain ST-PIERRE (b.6 June 1791, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 17 February 1863, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise SAUCIER 25 November 1811 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Scholastique PETIT dite ST-PIERRE (b.28 August 1793, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 7 November 1793, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)

Marie ST PIERRE (b.28 August 1793, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 12 November 1848, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)

Joseph ST PIERRE dit PETIT (b.15 December 1794, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 17 September 1877, Isle-aux-Grues, Québec, Canada )

Henri ST PIERRE dit PETIT (b.30 October 1796, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 1 June 1864, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)

Angelique ST PIERRE dite PETIT (b.27 July 1798, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. , )

Francois ST PIERRE dit PETIT (b.3 September 1800, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 18 April 1847, L'Islet, Lower Canada )

Emelie ST PIERRE dite PETIT (b.11 April 1802, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 15 April 1849, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste MARTEL 24 November 1821 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit ST-PIERRE (b.29 December 1803, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 4 August 1804, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)

Delima ST PIERRE dite PETIT (b.29 May 1805, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 20 November 1859, Kingston, Quebec, Canada)

Joseph DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE (b.26 June 1806, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 1 January 1881, Rimouski, Québec, Canada )

Paul PETIT dit ST-PIERRE (b.24 March 1808, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. , )

Henriette PETIT dite ST-PIERRE (b.29 October 1809, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 22 December 1883, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada )

Louise PETIT (b.15 July 1811, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 25 November 1811, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)

Firmin PETIT dit ST-PIERRE (b.8 August 1813, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 17 October 1833, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)

Prudent PETIT dit ST-PIERRE (b.11 February 1815, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada d. 6 September 1870, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada)

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1762 Birth
17 March 1762
La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Germain PETIT dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Ursule LEBLANC 20 August 1787, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 25 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte ST PIERRE dite PETIT was born 2 March 1789, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 26 years old.

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

1791 Birth of Child
Germain ST-PIERRE was born 6 June 1791, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 29 years old.

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

1793 Birth of Child
Marie ST PIERRE was born 28 August 1793, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 31 years old.

1793 Birth of Child
Scholastique PETIT dite ST-PIERRE was born 28 August 1793, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 31 years old.

1794 Birth of Child
Joseph ST PIERRE dit PETIT was born 15 December 1794, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 32 years old.

1796 Birth of Child
Henri ST PIERRE dit PETIT was born 30 October 1796, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 34 years old.

1798 Birth of Child
Angelique ST PIERRE dite PETIT was born 27 July 1798, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 36 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1800 Birth of Child
Francois ST PIERRE dit PETIT was born 3 September 1800, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 38 years old.

1802 Birth of Child
Emelie ST PIERRE dite PETIT was born 11 April 1802, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 40 years old.

1803 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit ST-PIERRE was born 29 December 1803, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 41 years old.

1804 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit ST-PIERRE died 4 August 1804, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 42 years old.

1805 Birth of Child
Delima ST PIERRE dite PETIT was born 29 May 1805, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 43 years old.

1806 Birth of Child
Joseph DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE was born 26 June 1806, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 44 years old.

1808 Birth of Child
Paul PETIT dit ST-PIERRE was born 24 March 1808, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 46 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Henriette PETIT dite ST-PIERRE was born 29 October 1809, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 47 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Louise PETIT was born 15 July 1811, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 49 years old.

1811 Marriage of Child
Germain ST-PIERRE married 25 November 1811, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Marie-Louise SAUCIER

1813 Birth of Child
Firmin PETIT dit ST-PIERRE was born 8 August 1813, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 51 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Prudent PETIT dit ST-PIERRE was born 11 February 1815, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 52 years old.

1816 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Ursule LEBLANC died 5 June 1816, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Marriage of Child
Emelie ST PIERRE dite PETIT married 24 November 1821, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) to Jean-Baptiste MARTEL

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1833 Death of Child
Firmin PETIT dit ST-PIERRE died 17 October 1833, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Germain was 71 years old.

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada