Catherine GIGUERE dite DESPINS

(b. abt. 1757 , Québec Province, Canada d. 30 January 1820 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada )

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Catherine GIGUERE dite DESPINS was born abt. 1757 in Québec Province, Canada

Catherine GIGUERE dite DESPINS was the child of Joseph-Antoine GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Madeleine COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Françoise JUTRAS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ and Jeanne RENOUX

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Catherine married Charles-Joseph CREVIER 5 February 1776 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Charles-Joseph CREVIER was born 14 March 1753 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Charles-Joseph died 17 January 1824 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Charles-Joseph was the child of Charles-Etienne CREVIER dit ST-FRANCOIS and Charlotte DIEL.

Catherine GIGUERE dite DESPINS died 30 January 1820 in Saint-François-du-Lac, 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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Catherine GIGUERE dite DESPINS married

Charles-Joseph CREVIER-- Date: 5 February 1776 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada
Charles-Joseph CREVIER was the child of Charles-Etienne CREVIER dit ST-FRANCOIS and Charlotte DIEL

Children of Charles-Joseph CREVIER and Catherine GIGUERE dite DESPINS:

Catherine CREVIER dite ST-FRANCOIS (b.20 November 1776, Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 April 1838, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Francois-Hippolyte FUSEAU dit ROCH 14 February 1803 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Charles CREVIER (b.7 November 1778, Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Angélique LEMAITRE 19 November 1805 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Catherine GIGUERE dite DESPINS and Charles-Joseph CREVIER 5 February 1776 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

1776 Birth of Child
Catherine CREVIER dite ST-FRANCOIS was born 20 November 1776, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

1778 Birth of Child
Charles CREVIER was born 7 November 1778, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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)

1803 Marriage of Child
Catherine CREVIER dite ST-FRANCOIS married 14 February 1803, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Francois-Hippolyte FUSEAU dit ROCH

1805 Marriage of Child
Charles CREVIER married 19 November 1805, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Angélique LEMAITRE

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.