Antoine GILBERT dit COMTOIS

(b. 19 January 1740 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France d. 9 January 1813 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada )

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Antoine GILBERT dit COMTOIS was born 19 January 1740 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Antoine GILBERT dit COMTOIS was the child of Louis GILBERT dit COMTOIS and Anne JACQUES and the grandchild of: (maternal) Louis JACQUES and Antoinette LEROUX

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

Antoine married Marie-Louise PLANTE 24 May 1762 in Berthierville, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Louise PLANTE was born 10 March 1725 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste PLANTE and Marie-Jeanne HUS MILET (MILLET).

Antoine GILBERT dit COMTOIS died 9 January 1813 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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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Antoine GILBERT dit COMTOIS married

Marie-Louise PLANTE-- Date: 24 May 1762 Place: Berthierville, Canada
Marie-Louise PLANTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste PLANTE and Marie-Jeanne HUS MILET (MILLET)

Children of Antoine GILBERT dit COMTOIS and Marie-Louise PLANTE:

Antoine COMTOIS dit GILBERT (b.2 April 1763, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 January 1850, Saint-Cuthbert, Canada East)
m. Marie-Rose LUPIEN 4 October 1784 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Marie-Louise GILBERT dite COMTOIS (b.17 May 1766, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Chrystophe Frederic HEYNEMAND 1784 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1740 Birth
19 January 1740
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Antoine GILBERT dit COMTOIS and Marie-Louise PLANTE 24 May 1762, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 22 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Antoine COMTOIS dit GILBERT was born 2 April 1763, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Antoine was 23 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise GILBERT dite COMTOIS was born 17 May 1766, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Antoine was 26 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.