Marie-Louise ROBERT dite ST-AMAND

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6 January 1737 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Died

28 November 1811 , Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit ST-AMAND Marie-Louise RICARD

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Born: 6 January 1737 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit ST-AMAND

Mother: Marie-Louise RICARD

Paternal grandparents: Mathurin ROBERT dit ST-AMAND , Elisabeth MARCOTTE

Maternal grandparents: Charles-Simon RICARD , Marguerite RICHER dite LAFLECHE

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Marie-Louise married Joseph GERVAIS 8 January 1759 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GERVAIS was born 2 September 1728 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Joseph died 8 May 1803 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Joseph was the child of Pierre GERVAIS and Louise-Elisabeth VALLÉE.

Marie-Louise ROBERT dite ST-AMAND died 28 November 1811 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, 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-Louise ROBERT dite ST-AMAND married

Joseph GERVAIS
Marriage date: 8 January 1759
Marriage place: La-Pérade, Canada, New France
Joseph GERVAIS was the child of Pierre GERVAIS and Louise-Elisabeth VALLÉE

Children of Joseph GERVAIS and Marie-Louise ROBERT dite ST-AMAND

Alexis GERVAIS

Born: 25 September 1763, La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 24 May 1828, Varennes, Lower Canada

Married: Marie Desanges (Angelique) CADIEUX 23 July 1792 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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Birth — 1737
6 January 1737
La-Pérade, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise ROBERT dite ST-AMAND and Joseph GERVAIS 8 January 1759 , La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

She was 22 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Alexis GERVAIS was born 25 September 1763, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Marie-Louise was 26 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.

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Alexis GERVAIS married 23 July 1792, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Marie Desanges (Angelique) CADIEUX

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

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

1803 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph GERVAIS died 8 May 1803, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Death — 1811
28 November 1811
Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 74.

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