Thomas-Ignace TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS

(b. 21 December 1712 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 18 March 1777 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Thomas-Ignace TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS was born 21 December 1712 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Thomas-Ignace TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS was the child of Pierre TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS and Catherine CHAREST and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Catherine LEFEBVRE (maternal) Étienne CHAREST and Catherine BISSOT

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Thomas-Ignace married Marie-Thomas FLEURY 25 May 1747 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marie-Thomas FLEURY was born 11 May 1727 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Thomas was the child of Joseph FLEURY and Claire JOLLIET.

Thomas-Ignace TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS died 18 March 1777 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Fleury Marie-Thomas

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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-Thomas FLEURY-- Date: 25 May 1747 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Thomas FLEURY was the child of Joseph FLEURY and Claire JOLLIET

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1712 Birth
21 December 1712
Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1747 Marriage / Partner
Thomas-Ignace TROTTIER dit DESAULNIERS and Marie-Thomas FLEURY 25 May 1747, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 34 years old.

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.

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.