Pierre DARGIS dit DESROSIERS

(b. abt. 1777 , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 July 1854 , Trois-Rivières, Canada East )

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Pierre DARGIS dit DESROSIERS was born abt. 1777 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre DARGIS dit DESROSIERS was the child of Joseph DESROSIERS dit DARGIS and Genevieve HOUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DESROSIERS and Louise-Thérèse DUREAU (DURAUX) dite POITEVIN (maternal) Michel HOUDE and Marie-Genevieve LEMAY

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Reine-Marie BOURQ 12 November 1804 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Reine-Marie BOURQ was born 2 May 1785 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Reine-Marie died abt. 1863 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Reine-Marie was the child of Simon BOURQ and Marie-Reine PARE.

Pierre DARGIS dit DESROSIERS died 22 July 1854 in Trois-Rivières, Canada East .

m. Bourg Reine
m. Elie 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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Pierre DARGIS dit DESROSIERS married

Reine-Marie BOURQ-- Date: 12 November 1804 Place: Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada
Reine-Marie BOURQ was the child of Simon BOURQ and Marie-Reine PARE

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Children of Pierre DARGIS dit DESROSIERS and Reine-Marie BOURQ:

Marie-Reine DESROSIERS dite DARGIS (b.9 May 1807, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada d. 29 December 1860, Plessisville, Canada East )
m. Joseph BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN 20 February 1827 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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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)

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

1804 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DARGIS dit DESROSIERS and Reine-Marie BOURQ 12 November 1804, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1807 Birth of Child
Marie-Reine DESROSIERS dite DARGIS was born 9 May 1807, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Marriage of Child
Marie-Reine DESROSIERS dite DARGIS married 20 February 1827, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Joseph BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.