Jacques MARTIN dit VERSAILLES

(b. 27 September 1770 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 May 1826 , Repentigny, Lower Canada )

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Jacques MARTIN dit VERSAILLES was born 27 September 1770 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Jacques MARTIN dit VERSAILLES was the child of Jacques MARTIN and Madeleine SIONNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine-Gabriel MARTIN dit VERSAILLES and Marie-Catherine LOYER dite DESNOYERS (maternal) Jean SIONNEAU and Françoise JOUINEAU

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Jacques married Charlotte RAJOTTE dite LANGEVIN 10 February 1794 in Varennes, Lower Canada . Charlotte RAJOTTE dite LANGEVIN was born 7 April 1772 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Charlotte died 8 August 1834 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Charlotte was the child of Joseph RAJOTTE dit LANGEVIN and Marie-Josephe ROBERT dite ST-AMAND.

Jacques MARTIN dit VERSAILLES died 24 May 1826 in Repentigny, Lower Canada .

m. Rajotte Charlotte

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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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Charlotte RAJOTTE dite LANGEVIN-- Date: 10 February 1794 Place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Charlotte RAJOTTE dite LANGEVIN was the child of Joseph RAJOTTE dit LANGEVIN and Marie-Josephe ROBERT dite ST-AMAND

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1770 Birth
27 September 1770
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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)

1794 Marriage / Partner
Jacques MARTIN dit VERSAILLES and Charlotte RAJOTTE dite LANGEVIN 10 February 1794, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 23 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

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