Jeanne-Françoise GIGUERE dite DESPINS

(b. 11 June 1729 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 22 March 1810 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada )

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Jeanne-Françoise GIGUERE dite DESPINS was born 11 June 1729 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Jeanne-Françoise GIGUERE dite DESPINS was the child of Antoine GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Françoise JUTRAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Martin GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Marie-Françoise PINARD (maternal) Dominque JUTRAS dit DESROSIERS and Marie NIQUET

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Jeanne-Françoise married André ALLARD 25 October 1749 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children. André ALLARD was born 19 February 1716 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). André died 20 May 1783 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. André was the child of François-Jean ALLARD and Catherine-Geneviève DAUPHIN.

Jeanne-Françoise GIGUERE dite DESPINS died 22 March 1810 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.

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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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Family and Children of Jeanne-Françoise GIGUERE dite DESPINS

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Jeanne-Françoise GIGUERE dite DESPINS married

André ALLARD-- Date: 25 October 1749 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
André ALLARD was the child of François-Jean ALLARD and Catherine-Geneviève DAUPHIN

Children of André ALLARD and Jeanne-Françoise GIGUERE dite DESPINS:

Jeanne ALLARD (b.5 September 1750, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste RABOUIN 12 September 1774 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Charlotte-Marie ALLARD (b.10 January 1757, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 9 February 1815, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Michel POITEVIN dit GAGNÉ 25 June 1775 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie ALLARD (b.9 August 1760, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada d. 17 January 1840, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste LAVALLEE 1 July 1823 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
L'église de Saint-François-du-Lac (exterior)
Église de Saint-François-Xavier
440, rue Notre-Dame, Saint-François-du-Lac, QUÉBEC
Established 1714

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1729 Birth
11 June 1729
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Jeanne-Françoise GIGUERE dite DESPINS and André ALLARD 25 October 1749, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Jeanne ALLARD was born 5 September 1750, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Jeanne-Françoise was 21 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Charlotte-Marie ALLARD was born 10 January 1757, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Jeanne-Françoise was 27 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marie ALLARD was born 9 August 1760, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Jeanne-Françoise was 31 years old.

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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Jeanne ALLARD married 12 September 1774, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste RABOUIN

1775 Marriage of Child
Charlotte-Marie ALLARD married 25 June 1775, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Michel POITEVIN dit GAGNÉ

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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.