Pierre LEMAITRE dit AUGER

(b. 17 February 1728 , Louiseville, Canada, New France d. 19 April 1794 , Louiseville, Lower Canada )

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Pierre LEMAITRE dit AUGER was born 17 February 1728 in Louiseville, Canada, New France

Pierre LEMAITRE dit AUGER was the child of Charles LEMAITRE dit AUGER and Marie-Catherine GIGUERE dite DESPINS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles LEMAITRE dit AUGER and Madeleine CREVIER dite BELLERIVE (maternal) Martin GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Marie-Françoise PINARD

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Pierre married Madeleine SYLVAIN dite LAROSE 29 July 1760 in Louiseville, Canada . Madeleine SYLVAIN dite LAROSE was born 3 March 1736 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Madeleine died 18 November 1810 in Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand). Madeleine was the child of Pierre SYLVAIN and Jeanne PERILLARD dite BOURGUIGNON.

Pierre LEMAITRE dit AUGER died 19 April 1794 in Louiseville, Lower Canada .

m. Sylvain Madeleine

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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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Madeleine SYLVAIN dite LAROSE-- Date: 29 July 1760 Place: Louiseville, Canada
Madeleine SYLVAIN dite LAROSE was the child of Pierre SYLVAIN and Jeanne PERILLARD dite BOURGUIGNON

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1728 Birth
17 February 1728
Louiseville, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LEMAITRE dit AUGER and Madeleine SYLVAIN dite LAROSE 29 July 1760, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 32 years old.

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.