Antoine ANTAYA dit PELLETIER

(b. 12 July 1763 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 July 1840 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Antoine ANTAYA dit PELLETIER was born 12 July 1763 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Antoine ANTAYA dit PELLETIER was the child of Jacques PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Marguerite ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Françoise MENEUX dite CHATEAUNEUF (maternal) Pierre ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS and Marie-Josephe JOYAL

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Antoine married Geneviève CARDIN dite LOISEAU 11 August 1788 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève CARDIN dite LOISEAU was born 5 February 1768 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Geneviève died 2 September 1850 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Geneviève was the child of Jean-Baptiste LOISEAU dit CARDIN and Jeanne CARRÉ.

Antoine ANTAYA dit PELLETIER died 19 July 1840 in Sorel, Lower Canada .

m. Cardin Genevieve

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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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Antoine ANTAYA dit PELLETIER married

Geneviève CARDIN dite LOISEAU-- Date: 11 August 1788 Place: Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève CARDIN dite LOISEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste LOISEAU dit CARDIN and Jeanne CARRÉ

Children of Antoine ANTAYA dit PELLETIER and Geneviève CARDIN dite LOISEAU:

Marie-Anne ANTAYA (b.23 August 1792, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Theophile HUS PAUL 27 November 1815 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1763 Birth
12 July 1763
Sorel, 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
Antoine ANTAYA dit PELLETIER and Geneviève CARDIN dite LOISEAU 11 August 1788, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 25 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne ANTAYA was born 23 August 1792, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Antoine was 29 years old.

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

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

1815 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne ANTAYA married 27 November 1815, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Theophile HUS PAUL

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England