Augustin JEAN dit DENIS

(b. 19 October 1721 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 7 May 1770 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Augustin JEAN dit DENIS was born 19 October 1721 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Augustin JEAN dit DENIS was the child of Nicolas JEAN dit DENIS (DENYS) and Marie-Madeleine CLICHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Denis JEAN dit DENIS and Marie PELLETIER (maternal) Nicolas CLICHE and Marie-Madeleine PELLETIER

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Augustin married Marie-Louise MENARD 22 February 1746 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise MENARD was born 23 July 1726 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Louise died 22 November 1801 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph MENARD and Marie-Anne HURTUBISE.

Augustin JEAN dit DENIS died 7 May 1770 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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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Augustin JEAN dit DENIS married

Marie-Louise MENARD-- Date: 22 February 1746 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise MENARD was the child of Joseph MENARD and Marie-Anne HURTUBISE

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Children of Augustin JEAN dit DENIS and Marie-Louise MENARD:

Louise DENIS (b.26 December 1761, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada d. 5 May 1795, Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre SAURIOL 5 June 1782 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1721 Birth
19 October 1721
Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Augustin JEAN dit DENIS and Marie-Louise MENARD 22 February 1746, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 24 years old.

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

1761 Birth of Child
Louise DENIS was born 26 December 1761, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Augustin was 40 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.