Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE

(b. 14 April 1764 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 August 1810 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE was born 14 April 1764 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE was the child of Guillaume GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE and Marie MICHEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE and Anne GUILLOT (maternal) Charles MICHEL and Marie SIMARD

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

Jean-Baptiste married Angélique PAQUET 4 August 1795 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique PAQUET was born 31 October 1770 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Angélique was the child of Jean-François PAQUET and Angélique DEMERS.

Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE died 19 August 1810 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower 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 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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Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE married

Angélique PAQUET-- Date: 4 August 1795 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada
Angélique PAQUET was the child of Jean-François PAQUET and Angélique DEMERS

Children of Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE and Angélique PAQUET:

Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE (b.abt. 1797, , Québec Province, Canada d. 26 January 1842, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada East )
m. Marguerite BOUCHER 24 July 1821 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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1764 Birth
14 April 1764
Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, 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)

1795 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GUÉRIN dit ST-HILAIRE and Angélique PAQUET 4 August 1795, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

He was 31 years old.

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