Pierre PAYET dit ST-AMOUR

(b. 20 January 1734 , Repentigny, Canada, New France d. 25 October 1790 , Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre PAYET dit ST-AMOUR was born 20 January 1734 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Pierre PAYET dit ST-AMOUR was the child of Jean PAYET and Marie-Therese GAUDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Guillaume PAYETTE (PAYET) dit ST-AMOUR and Geneviève MENARD (maternal) Jacques GAUDRY dit DANOIS and Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

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Pierre married Marie-Marguerite PICHÉ dite LAMUSETTE 28 July 1755 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite PICHÉ dite LAMUSETTE was born 23 September 1735 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marguerite died 5 August 1802 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Ignace-Joseph PICHÉ dit LAMUSETTE and Marie-Anne EMERY.

Pierre PAYET dit ST-AMOUR died 25 October 1790 in Repentigny, 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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Pierre PAYET dit ST-AMOUR married

Marie-Marguerite PICHÉ dite LAMUSETTE-- Date: 28 July 1755 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Marie-Marguerite PICHÉ dite LAMUSETTE was the child of Ignace-Joseph PICHÉ dit LAMUSETTE and Marie-Anne EMERY

Children of Pierre PAYET dit ST-AMOUR and Marie-Marguerite PICHÉ dite LAMUSETTE:

Marie PAYET (b.3 June 1778, Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 November 1861, Repentigny, Canada East )
m. Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS dit LACHAPELLE 17 February 1794 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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1734 Birth
20 January 1734
Repentigny, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Pierre PAYET dit ST-AMOUR and Marie-Marguerite PICHÉ dite LAMUSETTE 28 July 1755, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

He was 21 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.

1778 Birth of Child
Marie PAYET was born 3 June 1778, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Pierre was 44 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)