Benoit PERROT (PERRAULT) dit DUCHESNE

(b. 25 October 1738 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 7 June 1816 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Benoit PERROT (PERRAULT) dit DUCHESNE was born 25 October 1738 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Benoit PERROT (PERRAULT) dit DUCHESNE was the child of Jean PERROT (PERRAULT) dit DUCHESNE and Marie QUINTIN dite DUBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas PERROT (PERRAULT) and Madeleine RACLOS (maternal) Jean QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Jeanne DALPE dite PARISEAU

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Benoit married Marie-Marguerite PIGEON 24 February 1772 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Marguerite PIGEON was born 11 February 1740 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe). Marie-Marguerite died 18 September 1806 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marguerite was the child of François PIGEON and Anne-Marguerite PICARD.

Benoit PERROT (PERRAULT) dit DUCHESNE died 7 June 1816 in Montréal, Lower Canada .

m. Pigeon Marie-Marguerite

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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-Marguerite PIGEON-- Date: 24 February 1772 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Marguerite PIGEON was the child of François PIGEON and Anne-Marguerite PICARD

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1738 Birth
25 October 1738
Saint-Sulpice, 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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Benoit PERROT (PERRAULT) dit DUCHESNE and Marie-Marguerite PIGEON 24 February 1772, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 33 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.