Jacques GIGUERE dit DESPINS

(b. 31 March 1737 , Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 22 December 1806 , Yamaska, Lower Canada )

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Jacques GIGUERE dit DESPINS was born 31 March 1737 in Yamaska, Canada, New France

Jacques GIGUERE dit DESPINS was the child of Louis GIGUERE and Élisabeth DEGUIRE dite DESROSIERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Martin GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Marie-Françoise PINARD (maternal) Pierre DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS and Jeanne BELLET dite GAZAILLE (BLET) (BELET)

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Jacques married Ursule MENARD 21 May 1764 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada . Ursule MENARD was born 11 August 1745 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Ursule died 3 May 1814 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Ursule was the child of Louis MENARD and Marie-Françoise ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX).

Jacques GIGUERE dit DESPINS died 22 December 1806 in Yamaska, 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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Ursule MENARD-- Date: 21 May 1764 Place: Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Ursule MENARD was the child of Louis MENARD and Marie-Françoise ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX)

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1737 Birth
31 March 1737
Yamaska, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Jacques GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Ursule MENARD 21 May 1764, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 27 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.