Pierre GUILLET dit TOURANGEAU

(b. 3 September 1723 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 13 October 1810 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Pierre GUILLET dit TOURANGEAU was born 3 September 1723 in Québec, Canada, New France

Pierre GUILLET dit TOURANGEAU was the child of Philippe GUILLET dit TOURANGEAU and Angélique MARTINEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques MARTINEAU and Antoinette DUMOUSTIER

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Pierre married Marie-Geneviève GAGNON 21 February 1746 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marie-Geneviève GAGNON was born 26 September 1724 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève died 18 October 1805 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Jean GAGNON and Marie-Anne MESNY.

Pierre GUILLET dit TOURANGEAU died 13 October 1810 in Québec, 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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Marie-Geneviève GAGNON-- Date: 21 February 1746 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Geneviève GAGNON was the child of Jean GAGNON and Marie-Anne MESNY

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1723 Birth
3 September 1723
Québec, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Pierre GUILLET dit TOURANGEAU and Marie-Geneviève GAGNON 21 February 1746, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 22 years old.

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 - 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.