Catherine BLENIER dite JARRY

(b. 22 June 1735 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 19 October 1798 , Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada )

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Catherine BLENIER dite JARRY was born 22 June 1735 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Catherine BLENIER dite JARRY was the child of Pierre BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) and Françoise MARTIN dite LADOUCEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Bernard BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) and Jeanne CHERLOT (maternal) Pierre MARTIN dit LADOUCEUR and Marie-Anne LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT

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Catherine married Pierre DUMANS 30 January 1758 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France . Pierre DUMANS was born 5 December 1718 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Pierre was the child of Michel DUMANS and Marie-Anne BLAIS.

Catherine BLENIER dite JARRY died 19 October 1798 in Sainte-Geneviève, 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 DUMANS-- Date: 30 January 1758 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France
Pierre DUMANS was the child of Michel DUMANS and Marie-Anne BLAIS

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1735 Birth
22 June 1735
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Catherine BLENIER dite JARRY and Pierre DUMANS 30 January 1758, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

She was 22 years old.

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.