Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS

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abt. 1722 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

10 January 1785 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

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Romain RAYMOND dit PHOCAS Thérèse ST-PIERRE

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Born: abt. 1722 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Romain RAYMOND dit PHOCAS

Mother: Thérèse ST-PIERRE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT , Marie-Anne GERBERT

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Gabriel married Marie-Josephe DUBE 24 July 1747 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie-Josephe DUBE was born 5 March 1725 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Josephe died 18 August 1812 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Josephe was the child of Augustin DUBE and Marie-Anne SOUCY.

Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS died 10 January 1785 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, 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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Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS married

Marie-Josephe DUBE
Marriage date: 24 July 1747
Marriage place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe DUBE was the child of Augustin DUBE and Marie-Anne SOUCY

Children of Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS and Marie-Josephe DUBE

Marie-Josephte PHOCAS

Born: 18 May 1748, Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Died: 10 July 1796, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Married: Etienne MICHAUD 6 June 1774 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marguerite PHOCAS dite RAYMOND

Born: abt. 1750, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 10 November 1791, , Québec Province, Canada

Married: Benjamin LEBEL 19 January 1768 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Baptiste PHOCAS

Born: abt. 1751, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Catherine PHOCAS

Born: 18 February 1756, Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Died: 20 March 1819, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada

Married: Alexandre SOUCY 27 February 1786 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Genevieve PHOCAS

Born: 15 September 1762, Kamouraska, Canada
Died: 27 January 1840, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada

Married: Louis DUPERE 14 October 1782 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Michel-Gabriel PHOCAS

Born: 17 March 1766, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 20 April 1842, Kamouraska, Canada East

Married: Marie-Anne ROY 12 February 1787 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Salomee PHOCAS

Born: 5 October 1767, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 27 March 1815, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Married: Raphael SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS 10 January 1791 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1747 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS and Marie-Josephe DUBE 24 July 1747 , Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

1748 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte PHOCAS was born 18 May 1748, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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

1756 Birth of Child
Catherine PHOCAS was born 18 February 1756, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Genevieve PHOCAS was born 15 September 1762, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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.

1766 Birth of Child
Michel-Gabriel PHOCAS was born 17 March 1766, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1767 Birth of Child
Salomee PHOCAS was born 5 October 1767, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1768 Marriage of Child
Marguerite PHOCAS dite RAYMOND married 19 January 1768, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Benjamin LEBEL

1774 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte PHOCAS married 6 June 1774, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Etienne MICHAUD

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.