Pierre BANLIER dit LAPERLE

(b. 2 March 1771 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 April 1841 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East )

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Pierre BANLIER dit LAPERLE was born 2 March 1771 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre BANLIER dit LAPERLE was the child of Pierre BANLIER dit LAPERLE and Victoire GAUDET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BANLIER and Marie-Louise MAHEU (maternal) Claude GAUDET and Marie Madeleine GIROUARD

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Pierre married Marguerite LEBLANC 1 October 1798 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite LEBLANC was born 3 November 1780 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Joseph LEBLANC and Genevieve BERGERON.

Pierre BANLIER dit LAPERLE died 27 April 1841 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East.
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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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Pierre BANLIER dit LAPERLE married

Marguerite LEBLANC-- Date: 1 October 1798 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marguerite LEBLANC was the child of Joseph LEBLANC and Genevieve BERGERON

Children of Pierre BANLIER dit LAPERLE and Marguerite LEBLANC:

Marie BANLIER dite LAPERLE (b.abt. 1805, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph-Marie JALBERT 11 January 1825 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1771 Birth
2 March 1771
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

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

1798 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BANLIER dit LAPERLE and Marguerite LEBLANC 1 October 1798, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

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

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