Pierre MIEL (AMIEL) dit LUSIGNAN

Born

9 October 1748 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Died

8 October 1827 , Sorel, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste MIEL (AMIEL) dit LUSIGNAN Marie-Marguerite MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

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Born: 9 October 1748 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste MIEL (AMIEL) dit LUSIGNAN

Mother: Marie-Marguerite MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

Paternal grandparents: Jean MIEL dit LUSIGNAN , Thérèse-Catherine LATOUCHE

Maternal grandparents: François MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE , Marguerite LEDOUX

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Pierre married Marie GARCEAU abt. 1780 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie GARCEAU was born abt. 1754 in Canada. Marie died 26 May 1844 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie was the child of Jean Joseph GARCEAU and Marie Josephte HAUTBOIS.

Pierre MIEL (AMIEL) dit LUSIGNAN died 8 October 1827 in Sorel, 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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Pierre MIEL (AMIEL) dit LUSIGNAN married

Marie GARCEAU
Marriage date: abt. 1780
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie GARCEAU was the child of Jean Joseph GARCEAU and Marie Josephte HAUTBOIS

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Jean-Baptiste MIEL (AMIEL) dit LUSIGNAN

Born: 3 November 1790, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE 17 May 1813 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Marie-Modeste MIEL (AMIEL) dite LUSIGNAN

Born: 15 August 1792, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Augustin LAVALLEE 6 February 1815 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1748
9 October 1748
Contrecœur, Canada, New France

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)

1790 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MIEL (AMIEL) dit LUSIGNAN was born 3 November 1790, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Pierre was 42 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Marie-Modeste MIEL (AMIEL) dite LUSIGNAN was born 15 August 1792, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Pierre was 43 years old.

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

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

1813 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MIEL (AMIEL) dit LUSIGNAN married 17 May 1813, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Charlotte CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE

1815 Marriage of Child
Marie-Modeste MIEL (AMIEL) dite LUSIGNAN married 6 February 1815, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Augustin LAVALLEE

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

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)