Louis GEORGET dit TRANQUILLE

(b. 27 October 1728 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 14 October 1804 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Louis GEORGET dit TRANQUILLE was born 27 October 1728 in Québec, Canada, New France

Louis GEORGET dit TRANQUILLE was the child of François GEORGET dit TRANQUILLE and Marie-Françoise BRISSET and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean BRISSET and Geneviève TRUT

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Louis married Marie-Josephe JOURDAIN 25 June 1753 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephe JOURDAIN was born 2 March 1726 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Josephe died 21 November 1765 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph JOURDAIN and Catherine-Ursule DUQUET.

Louis GEORGET dit TRANQUILLE died 14 October 1804 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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Louis GEORGET dit TRANQUILLE married

Marie-Josephe JOURDAIN-- Date: 25 June 1753 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe JOURDAIN was the child of Joseph JOURDAIN and Catherine-Ursule DUQUET

Children of Louis GEORGET dit TRANQUILLE and Marie-Josephe JOURDAIN:

Joseph GEORGET dit TRANQUILLE (b.2 July 1754, Québec, Canada, New France d. 25 February 1840, Québec, Lower Canada )

Louis-Francois GEORGET (b.24 September 1758, Québec, Canada, New France d. 23 July 1834, Québec, Lower Canada )

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1728 Birth
27 October 1728
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Louis GEORGET dit TRANQUILLE and Marie-Josephe JOURDAIN 25 June 1753, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

He was 24 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Joseph GEORGET dit TRANQUILLE was born 2 July 1754, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louis was 25 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Louis-Francois GEORGET was born 24 September 1758, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louis was 29 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.

1765 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe JOURDAIN died 21 November 1765, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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.