Pierre DESJARDINS dit ZACHARIE

(b. 27 November 1719 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 10 November 1809 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Pierre DESJARDINS dit ZACHARIE was born 27 November 1719 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Pierre DESJARDINS dit ZACHARIE was the child of Jacques-Zacharie DESJARDINS and Marie-Anne PITON dite TOULOUSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude DESJARDINS dit CHARBONNIER and Marguerite CARDILLON (maternal) Simon-Dominique PITON dit TOULOUSE and Marie BARSA dite LAFLEUR

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Pierre married Marie-Angélique JOLY 3 February 1749 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angélique JOLY was born 1 April 1730 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marie-Angélique died 25 August 1811 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Marie-Angélique was the child of Jean-Baptiste JOLY and Anne RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU.

Pierre DESJARDINS dit ZACHARIE died 10 November 1809 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, 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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Pierre DESJARDINS dit ZACHARIE married

Marie-Angélique JOLY-- Date: 3 February 1749 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Angélique JOLY was the child of Jean-Baptiste JOLY and Anne RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU

Children of Pierre DESJARDINS dit ZACHARIE and Marie-Angélique JOLY:

Joseph DESJARDINS (b.17 June 1762, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada d. 13 February 1842, Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Canada East)
m. Apolline (Pauline) FOUCAULT 10 February 1789 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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1719 Birth
27 November 1719
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1749 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DESJARDINS dit ZACHARIE and Marie-Angélique JOLY 3 February 1749, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

He was 29 years old.

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

1762 Birth of Child
Joseph DESJARDINS was born 17 June 1762, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

Pierre was 42 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.