Michel PETIT dit GOBIN

(b. 30 November 1748 , Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 2 June 1824 , Yamaska, Lower Canada )

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Michel PETIT dit GOBIN was born 30 November 1748 in Yamaska, Canada, New France

Michel PETIT dit GOBIN was the child of Pierre PETIT dit GOBIN and Marie-Anne MOREL dite LADURANTAYE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PETIT and Marguerite VERON (maternal) Louis-Joseph MOREL dit LADURANTAYE and Marguerite DUMONT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Michel married Josephte PARENTEAU 14 February 1774 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte PARENTEAU was born 24 October 1752 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Josephte died 8 October 1830 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Josephte was the child of Joseph PARENTEAU and Marie-Jeanne GEORGETEAU dite JOLICOEUR.

Michel PETIT dit GOBIN died 2 June 1824 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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Michel PETIT dit GOBIN married

Josephte PARENTEAU-- Date: 14 February 1774 Place: Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte PARENTEAU was the child of Joseph PARENTEAU and Marie-Jeanne GEORGETEAU dite JOLICOEUR

Children of Michel PETIT dit GOBIN and Josephte PARENTEAU:

Marie-Jeanne PETIT dite GOBIN (b.8 January 1789, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph THEROUX 19 August 1805 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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1748 Birth
30 November 1748
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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Michel PETIT dit GOBIN and Josephte PARENTEAU 14 February 1774, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 25 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne PETIT dite GOBIN was born 8 January 1789, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 40 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1805 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jeanne PETIT dite GOBIN married 19 August 1805, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Joseph THEROUX

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England