Pierre-Amable LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

(b. 22 October 1746 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France d. 1 February 1816 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )

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Pierre-Amable LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES was born 22 October 1746 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France

Pierre-Amable LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES was the child of Pierre LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Suzanne LABELLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Madeleine FOURNIER (maternal) Charles LABELLE and Marguerite ÉTHIER

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Pierre-Amable married Therese DEMERS dite CHEFDEVILLE 2 October 1775 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . Therese DEMERS dite CHEFDEVILLE was born 2 March 1756 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Therese died 8 October 1817 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Therese was the child of François DEMERS and Josephte-Jeanne LAROCQUE dite LAFONTAINE.

Pierre-Amable LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES died 1 February 1816 in Marieville, Rouville, 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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Therese DEMERS dite CHEFDEVILLE-- Date: 2 October 1775 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese DEMERS dite CHEFDEVILLE was the child of François DEMERS and Josephte-Jeanne LAROCQUE dite LAFONTAINE

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1746 Birth
22 October 1746
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Amable LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Therese DEMERS dite CHEFDEVILLE 2 October 1775, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 28 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.