Pierre PAQUET dit RANGER

(b. 19 January 1739 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 6 January 1764 , Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre PAQUET dit RANGER was born 19 January 1739 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Pierre PAQUET dit RANGER was the child of Francois RANGER dit PAQUET and Josephte PROULX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre RANGER and Marguerite FORTIN (maternal) Joseph PROULX and Marie-Josephte DUPONT

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Pierre married Marie-Amable LAMOUREUX 10 January 1763 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Amable LAMOUREUX was born 3 April 1738 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Amable was the child of François LAMOUREUX and Marie-Josephte PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN.

Pierre PAQUET dit RANGER died 6 January 1764 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, 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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Marie-Amable LAMOUREUX-- Date: 10 January 1763 Place: Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Amable LAMOUREUX was the child of François LAMOUREUX and Marie-Josephte PETIT dite BEAUCHEMIN

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1739 Birth
19 January 1739
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Pierre PAQUET dit RANGER and Marie-Amable LAMOUREUX 10 January 1763, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

He was 23 years old.