Louise GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN

(b. 8 October 1770 , Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 May 1853 , Boucherville, Canada East )

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Louise GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN was born 8 October 1770 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada

Louise GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN was the child of Pierre GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Louise SICOTTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAUTHIER and Marie-Veronique LAPORTE (maternal) Joseph SICOTTE (SICOT) and Angélique ROBERT

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Louise married Joseph RIENDEAU (RÉGUINDEAU) 4 February 1788 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph RIENDEAU (RÉGUINDEAU) was born 17 March 1766 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Joseph died 1 September 1815 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Joseph was the child of Pierre RIENDEAU (RÉGUINDEAU) and Suzanne CHAUVIN.

Louise GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN died 11 May 1853 in Boucherville, Canada East .
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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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Louise GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN married

Joseph RIENDEAU (RÉGUINDEAU)-- Date: 4 February 1788 Place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph RIENDEAU (RÉGUINDEAU) was the child of Pierre RIENDEAU (RÉGUINDEAU) and Suzanne CHAUVIN

Children of Joseph RIENDEAU (RÉGUINDEAU) and Louise GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN:

Marie RIENDEAU dite JOACHIM (b.28 December 1798, Boucherville, Lower Canada d. 15 December 1870, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph JETTE 10 November 1817 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Charlotte RIENDEAU dite JOACHIM (b.abt. 1802, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Louis SAVARIA 8 January 1822 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1770 Birth
8 October 1770
Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Louise GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN and Joseph RIENDEAU (RÉGUINDEAU) 4 February 1788, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 17 years old.

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

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

1798 Birth of Child
Marie RIENDEAU dite JOACHIM was born 28 December 1798, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Louise was 28 years old.

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

1815 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph RIENDEAU (RÉGUINDEAU) died 1 September 1815, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
Marie RIENDEAU dite JOACHIM married 10 November 1817, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Joseph JETTE

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

1822 Marriage of Child
Charlotte RIENDEAU dite JOACHIM married 8 January 1822, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Louis SAVARIA

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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)