Pierre GRÉGOIRE dit VALENTIN

(b. 22 April 1758 , Saint-Ours, Canada, New France d. 14 March 1810 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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Pierre GRÉGOIRE dit VALENTIN was born 22 April 1758 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Pierre GRÉGOIRE dit VALENTIN was the child of Theodore GRÉGOIRE dit VALENTIN and Marguerite RONDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin GRÉGOIRE dit VALENTIN and Elisabeth FAYOLLE dite MARQUIS (maternal) Joseph RONDEAU and Marie PASSERIEU dite BONNEFOND

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

Pierre married Catherine FONTAINE 22 November 1790 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine FONTAINE was born 29 November 1770 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Catherine died 15 May 1859 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada. Catherine was the child of Joseph-Marie FONTAINE and Angélique TAREAU dite CHAMPAGNE.

Pierre GRÉGOIRE dit VALENTIN died 14 March 1810 in Saint-Ours, 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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Pierre GRÉGOIRE dit VALENTIN married

Catherine FONTAINE-- Date: 22 November 1790 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine FONTAINE was the child of Joseph-Marie FONTAINE and Angélique TAREAU dite CHAMPAGNE

Children of Pierre GRÉGOIRE dit VALENTIN and Catherine FONTAINE:

Catherine VALENTIN dite GRÉGOIRE (b.abt. 1795, , Québec Province, Canada d. 25 May 1861, Putnam, Connecticut, USA )
m. Jean Baptiste THIBAULT 2 October 1815 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1758 Birth
22 April 1758
Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GRÉGOIRE dit VALENTIN and Catherine FONTAINE 22 November 1790, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 32 years old.

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)