Pierre BRIEN dit DESROCHES

(b. 24 July 1724 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 6 July 1786 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre BRIEN dit DESROCHES was born 24 July 1724 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Pierre BRIEN dit DESROCHES was the child of François-Marie BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Marguerite-Louise LEMIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Suzanne BOUVIER (maternal) Joseph LEMIRE and Jeanne-Françoise NORMAND

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Pierre married Marie-Françoise DESMARAIS 3 February 1749 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children. Marie-Françoise DESMARAIS was born 1 February 1728 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Françoise died 8 January 1785 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Françoise was the child of Jacques DESMARAIS and Marie-Louise PROVOST (PREVOST).

Pierre BRIEN dit DESROCHES died 6 July 1786 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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 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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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Pierre BRIEN dit DESROCHES

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Pierre BRIEN dit DESROCHES married

Marie-Françoise DESMARAIS-- Date: 3 February 1749 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Marie-Françoise DESMARAIS was the child of Jacques DESMARAIS and Marie-Louise PROVOST (PREVOST)

Children of Pierre BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Marie-Françoise DESMARAIS:

Pierre BRIEN dit DESROCHES (b.23 December 1749, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 21 November 1810, L'Assomption, Lower Canada )

Louis-Amable BRIEN dit DESROCHES (b.21 August 1755, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. , )

Francois-Marie BRIEN dit DESROCHES (b.24 February 1757, Repentigny, Canada, New France d. 19 September 1846, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )

Marie-Josephte BRIEN dite DESROCHES (b.abt. 1758, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Michel BRIEN dit DESROCHES (b.abt. 1758, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Joseph-Benoni BRIEN dit DESROCHES (b.17 June 1765, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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1724 Birth
24 July 1724
Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

1749 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Marie-Françoise DESMARAIS 3 February 1749 , Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Pierre BRIEN dit DESROCHES was born 23 December 1749, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre was 25 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Louis-Amable BRIEN dit DESROCHES was born 21 August 1755, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre was 31 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Francois-Marie BRIEN dit DESROCHES was born 24 February 1757, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Pierre 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Joseph-Benoni BRIEN dit DESROCHES was born 17 June 1765, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre was 40 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.