Veronique ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

(b. abt. 1753 , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 August 1845 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East )

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Veronique ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was born abt. 1753 in Québec Province, Canada

Veronique ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT was the child of Antoine ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Veronique JEAN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ST-PIERRE and Marie GAGNON (maternal) François-Pierre JEAN and Cecile LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR

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Veronique married Joseph-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE 24 November 1778 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE was born abt. 1753 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph-Marie died 20 July 1819 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Marie was the child of Joseph DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE and Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE.

Veronique ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT died 7 August 1845 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East.
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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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Veronique ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT married

Joseph-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE-- Date: 24 November 1778 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE was the child of Joseph DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE and Marie-Anne ST-PIERRE

Children of Joseph-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE and Veronique ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT:

Marie-Veronique DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE (b.abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 June 1873, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada)
m. François-Marcel BERNIER 17 November 1795 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Veronique ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT and Joseph-Marie DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE 24 November 1778, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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)

1795 Marriage of Child
Marie-Veronique DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE married 17 November 1795, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada to François-Marcel BERNIER

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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.