Eustache SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE

Born

1 April 1708 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Died

9 July 1793 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

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Pierre SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE Anne LABADIE

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Born: 1 April 1708 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE

Mother: Anne LABADIE

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE , Barbe NEVEU

Maternal grandparents: François LABADIE , Marie-Jeanne HÉBERT dite LECOMTE

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Eustache married Geneviève ROUSSIN 3 October 1735 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Geneviève ROUSSIN was born 28 December 1716 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Geneviève died 27 April 1799 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Geneviève was the child of Jean ROUSSIN and Geneviève PAUZÉ.

Eustache SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE died 9 July 1793 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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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Eustache SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE married

Geneviève ROUSSIN
Marriage date: 3 October 1735
Marriage place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Geneviève ROUSSIN was the child of Jean ROUSSIN and Geneviève PAUZÉ

Children of Eustache SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE and Geneviève ROUSSIN

Augustin SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE

Born: 2 September 1739, Montmagny, Canada, New France
Died: 8 October 1811, Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Claire JONCAS 19 October 1761 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Thérèse SYLVESTRE

Born: 18 December 1746, Montmagny, Canada, New France
Died: 2 January 1817, L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Married: Aubin GAMACHE 13 February 1775 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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Birth — 1708
1 April 1708
Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1735 Marriage / Partner
Eustache SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE and Geneviève ROUSSIN 3 October 1735, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 27 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Augustin SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE was born 2 September 1739, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Eustache was 31 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Thérèse SYLVESTRE was born 18 December 1746, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Eustache was 38 years old.

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

1761 Marriage of Child
Augustin SYLVESTRE dit CHAMPAGNE married 19 October 1761, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Marie-Claire JONCAS

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 Marriage of Child
Thérèse SYLVESTRE married 13 February 1775, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Aubin GAMACHE

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.