Pierre BLETTE dit GAZAILLE

(b. 21 December 1748 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 8 July 1823 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Pierre BLETTE dit GAZAILLE was born 21 December 1748 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Pierre BLETTE dit GAZAILLE was the child of Pierre GAZAILLE dit BLETTE and Marie-Charlotte RATEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAZAILLE dit BLETTE and Thérèse BADAILLAC (maternal) Pierre RATEL and Antoinette VERGER dite DESJARDINS

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

Pierre married Marie-Anne GIGUERE dite DESPINS 26 November 1781 in Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne GIGUERE dite DESPINS was born 20 February 1757 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Anne was the child of Louis GIGUÈRE and Charlotte VEL dite SANSOUCY.

Pierre BLETTE dit GAZAILLE died 8 July 1823 in Sorel, 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 BLETTE dit GAZAILLE married

Marie-Anne GIGUERE dite DESPINS-- Date: 26 November 1781 Place: Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne GIGUERE dite DESPINS was the child of Louis GIGUÈRE and Charlotte VEL dite SANSOUCY

Children of Pierre BLETTE dit GAZAILLE and Marie-Anne GIGUERE dite DESPINS:

Marie-Anne BLETTE (b.abt. 1782, , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 April 1867, Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East)
m. Eustache PERRON 22 November 1802 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

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1748 Birth
21 December 1748
Contrecœur, Canada, New France

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

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BLETTE dit GAZAILLE and Marie-Anne GIGUERE dite DESPINS 26 November 1781, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

He was 32 years old.

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)

1802 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne BLETTE married 22 November 1802, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Eustache PERRON

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