Louis BOURGEOIS dit GREGOIRE

Born

13 October 1787 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

22 June 1832 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS dit GREGOIRE Marie-Josephe LAMOUREUX

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Born: 13 October 1787 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean Baptiste BOURGEOIS dit GREGOIRE

Mother: Marie-Josephe LAMOUREUX

Paternal grandparents: Joseph Gregoire BOURGEOIS , Marie Catherine COMEAU

Maternal grandparents: Joseph LAMOUREUX , Marie-Josephe GOULET

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Louis married Marie-Julie LOISEAU 3 August 1818 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Julie LOISEAU was born 9 November 1798 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Marie-Julie died 13 November 1825 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Julie was the child of Joseph LOISEAU and Marie-Anne MESSIER.

Louis BOURGEOIS dit GREGOIRE died 22 June 1832 in Saint-Denis-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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Louis BOURGEOIS dit GREGOIRE married

Marie-Julie LOISEAU
Marriage date: 3 August 1818
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Julie LOISEAU was the child of Joseph LOISEAU and Marie-Anne MESSIER

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Children of Louis BOURGEOIS dit GREGOIRE and Marie-Julie LOISEAU

Jean-Baptiste BOURGEOIS

Born: 23 April 1823, Québec, Lower Canada
Died: 19 May 1908, , Minnesota, USA

Married: Rose ROUILLARD January 1860

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Birth — 1787
13 October 1787
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

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

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.

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Louis BOURGEOIS dit GREGOIRE and Marie-Julie LOISEAU 3 August 1818, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 30 years old.