Jacques BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRE

(b. 27 December 1735 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 9 July 1812 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )

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Jacques BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRE was born 27 December 1735 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Jacques BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRE was the child of Pierre BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRE and Marie-Josephe LOISEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRE and Marie-Françoise GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN (maternal) Joachim LOISEAU and Agnes CHICOINE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jacques married Marie-Anne PIGEON 29 October 1764 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Anne PIGEON was born 5 June 1744 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe). Marie-Anne died 14 September 1780 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Anne was the child of François PIGEON and Anne-Marguerite PICARD.

Jacques BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRE died 9 July 1812 in Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada .

m. Pigeon Marie-Anne

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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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Jacques BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRE married

Marie-Anne PIGEON-- Date: 29 October 1764 Place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne PIGEON was the child of François PIGEON and Anne-Marguerite PICARD

Children of Jacques BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRE and Marie-Anne PIGEON:

Marie-Anne BOTQUIN (b.13 August 1768, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 November 1808, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )

Germain BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRÉ (b.18 May 1771, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Therese BOTQUIN (b.11 July 1774, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Marie-Marguerite BOTQUIN dite ST-ANDRÉ (b.29 October 1778, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 April 1860, Monroe, Michigan, USA)

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1735 Birth
27 December 1735
Boucherville, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Jacques BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRE and Marie-Anne PIGEON 29 October 1764, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 28 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BOTQUIN was born 13 August 1768, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jacques was 32 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Germain BOTQUIN dit ST-ANDRÉ was born 18 May 1771, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jacques was 35 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Therese BOTQUIN was born 11 July 1774, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jacques was 38 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.

1778 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite BOTQUIN dite ST-ANDRÉ was born 29 October 1778, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jacques was 42 years old.

1780 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne PIGEON died 14 September 1780, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1808 Death of Child
Marie-Anne BOTQUIN died 27 November 1808, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Jacques was 72 years old.

1812 Death
9 July 1812
Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 76.

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