Hyacinthe BRIEN dit DESROCHES

(b. 3 February 1777 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 August 1846 , Varennes, Canada East )

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Hyacinthe BRIEN dit DESROCHES was born 3 February 1777 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Hyacinthe BRIEN dit DESROCHES was the child of Joseph-Michel BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Marguerite REEVES dite LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Hyacinthe BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Madeleine COITOU (COITEUX) (maternal) Joseph REEVES and Catherine PERRAULT dite ST-PIERRE

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Hyacinthe married Suzanne BEAUDRY 20 October 1800 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada* . Suzanne BEAUDRY was born 14 March 1779 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Suzanne was the child of Louis BEAUDRY and Elisabeth PITALIER dite LAMARINE.

Hyacinthe BRIEN dit DESROCHES died 8 August 1846 in Varennes, 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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Hyacinthe BRIEN dit DESROCHES married

Suzanne BEAUDRY-- Date: 20 October 1800 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Lower Canada*
Suzanne BEAUDRY was the child of Louis BEAUDRY and Elisabeth PITALIER dite LAMARINE

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1777 Birth
3 February 1777
Varennes, Province of 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)

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

1800 Marriage / Partner
Hyacinthe BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Suzanne BEAUDRY 20 October 1800, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

He was 23 years old.

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