Jean-Amable GEMME (JAMMES) dit CARRIERE

(b. 18 March 1734 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 1 September 1813 , Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Amable GEMME (JAMMES) dit CARRIERE was born 18 March 1734 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Amable GEMME (JAMMES) dit CARRIERE was the child of Thomas GEMME and Marie-Angélique FOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GEMME and Marie-Madeleine BARBARY dite GRANDMAISON (maternal) Louis-Martin FOUCHER and Madeleine PARE

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Jean-Amable married Marie-Françoise LABROSSE 8 January 1770 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Françoise LABROSSE was born 15 January 1751 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Françoise died 7 October 1817 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Marie-Françoise was the child of Joachim LABROSSE and Marie-Louise DAOUST.

Jean-Amable GEMME (JAMMES) dit CARRIERE died 1 September 1813 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, 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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Jean-Amable GEMME (JAMMES) dit CARRIERE married

Marie-Françoise LABROSSE-- Date: 8 January 1770 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Françoise LABROSSE was the child of Joachim LABROSSE and Marie-Louise DAOUST

Children of Jean-Amable GEMME (JAMMES) dit CARRIERE and Marie-Françoise LABROSSE:

Eustache GEMME (b.19 October 1781, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Madeleine THIBODEAU 11 August 1823 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada

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1734 Birth
18 March 1734
Pointe-Claire, 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Amable GEMME (JAMMES) dit CARRIERE and Marie-Françoise LABROSSE 8 January 1770, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 35 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Eustache GEMME was born 19 October 1781, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Jean-Amable was 47 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)