Pierre GOURDEL dit LONGCHAMP

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13 June 1727 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

27 April 1812 , Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

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Eustache GOURDEL dit LONGCHAMP Marie-Louise DESGAGNES

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Born: 13 June 1727 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Eustache GOURDEL dit LONGCHAMP

Mother: Marie-Louise DESGAGNES

Maternal grandparents: Jacques DESGAGNES , Geneviève PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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Pierre married Marie-Charlotte DOMPIERRE 11 November 1748 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Charlotte DOMPIERRE was born 27 May 1728 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte died 2 January 1799 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Marc-Antoine DOMPIERRE and Marie-Charlotte EMOND.

Pierre GOURDEL dit LONGCHAMP died 27 April 1812 in Saint-Henri, 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 GOURDEL dit LONGCHAMP married

Marie-Charlotte DOMPIERRE
Marriage date: 11 November 1748
Marriage place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marie-Charlotte DOMPIERRE was the child of Marc-Antoine DOMPIERRE and Marie-Charlotte EMOND

Children of Pierre GOURDEL dit LONGCHAMP and Marie-Charlotte DOMPIERRE

Charles GOURDEL dit LONGCHAMP

Born: 8 January 1764, Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 7 March 1816, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada

Married: Angélique GAGNÉ 16 November 1789 Place: Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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Birth — 1727
13 June 1727
Québec, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GOURDEL dit LONGCHAMP and Marie-Charlotte DOMPIERRE 11 November 1748, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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.

1764 Birth of Child
Charles GOURDEL dit LONGCHAMP was born 8 January 1764, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Pierre was 36 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)

1789 Marriage of Child
Charles GOURDEL dit LONGCHAMP married 16 November 1789, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon) to Angélique GAGNÉ

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

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