Antoine BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS

Born

22 April 1752 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Died

13 May 1815 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada

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Jean-François BOUCHER Charlotte GARNIER (GRENIER)

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Born: 22 April 1752 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-François BOUCHER

Mother: Charlotte GARNIER (GRENIER)

Paternal grandparents: Jean-François BOUCHER , Marie-Geneviève FRECHETTE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph GARNIER (GRENIER) , Angélique-Marie-Charles HAMEL

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Antoine married Françoise PAQUET 10 February 1777 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise PAQUET was born 17 January 1741 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Françoise died 24 May 1819 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Françoise was the child of Jean-François PAQUET and Angélique PEPIN dite LACHANCE.

Antoine BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS died 13 May 1815 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, 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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Antoine BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS married

Françoise PAQUET
Marriage date: 10 February 1777
Marriage place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Françoise PAQUET was the child of Jean-François PAQUET and Angélique PEPIN dite LACHANCE

Children of Antoine BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS and Françoise PAQUET

Basile DEMERS

Born: 12 June 1769, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 3 August 1834, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Charlotte JEREMIE dite DOUVILLE 28 October 1788 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1752
22 April 1752
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

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.

1769 Birth of Child
Basile DEMERS was born 12 June 1769, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Antoine was 17 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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Antoine BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS and Françoise PAQUET 10 February 1777, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Basile DEMERS married 28 October 1788, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Marie-Charlotte JEREMIE dite DOUVILLE

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)