Paul-Amable NORMANDIN dit PIERRE

(b. 31 August 1760 , La Prairie, Canada d. 10 July 1841 , La Prairie, Canada East )

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Paul-Amable NORMANDIN dit PIERRE was born 31 August 1760 in La Prairie, Canada

Paul-Amable NORMANDIN dit PIERRE was the child of Joseph NORMANDIN and Veronique DENEAU (DENIAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste NORMANDIN and Marie-Anne PERRAULT (maternal) Claude DENEAU (DENIAU) and Marie POUPARD (POUPART)

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Paul-Amable married Marie-Louise GERVAIS 25 June 1781 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Louise GERVAIS was born abt. 1765 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas GERVAIS and Marie-Louise BROSSEAU.

Paul-Amable NORMANDIN dit PIERRE died 10 July 1841 in La Prairie, Canada East .

m. Gervais Marie-Louise

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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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Marie-Louise GERVAIS-- Date: 25 June 1781 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise GERVAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas GERVAIS and Marie-Louise BROSSEAU

Children of Paul-Amable NORMANDIN dit PIERRE and Marie-Louise GERVAIS:

Paul NORMANDIN (b.23 October 1781, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 June 1864, La Prairie, Canada East )
m. Agnes FAILLE 3 November 1812 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste NORMANDIN (b.abt. 1797, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Anne MOQUIN 27 October 1817 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1760 Birth
31 August 1760
La Prairie, Canada

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.

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Paul-Amable NORMANDIN dit PIERRE and Marie-Louise GERVAIS 25 June 1781, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 20 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Paul NORMANDIN was born 23 October 1781, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Paul-Amable was 21 years old.

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)

1812 Marriage of Child
Paul NORMANDIN married 3 November 1812, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Agnes FAILLE

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste NORMANDIN married 27 October 1817, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie-Anne MOQUIN

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States