Genevieve REAL dite VILLEMERE

(b. abt. 1745 , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 September 1813 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada )

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Genevieve REAL dite VILLEMERE was born abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada

Genevieve REAL dite VILLEMERE was the child of Nicolas Noel RÉAL dit DROUARD and Marie-Anne GALARNEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques GALARNEAU and Marguerite PANNETON

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Genevieve married Jacques CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN 4 August 1766 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jacques CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN was born 20 August 1735 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Jacques died 18 April 1790 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Jacques was the child of Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL and Angélique SABOURIN dite CHAUNIERE.

Genevieve REAL dite VILLEMERE died 5 September 1813 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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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Jacques CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN-- Date: 4 August 1766 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN was the child of Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL and Angélique SABOURIN dite CHAUNIERE

Children of Jacques CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN and Genevieve REAL dite VILLEMERE:

Marie CATUDAL dite ST-JEAN (b.3 May 1771, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 September 1834, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada )
m. Noel DUBOIS 13 February 1792 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Jacques CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN (b.18 February 1774, Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 April 1853, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East )
m. Archange PAQUET dite LAVALLEE 7 October 1793 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve REAL dite VILLEMERE and Jacques CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN 4 August 1766, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

1771 Birth of Child
Marie CATUDAL dite ST-JEAN was born 3 May 1771, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

1774 Birth of Child
Jacques CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN was born 18 February 1774, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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)

1790 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN died 18 April 1790, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Marie CATUDAL dite ST-JEAN married 13 February 1792, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Noel DUBOIS

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

1793 Marriage of Child
Jacques CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN married 7 October 1793, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Archange PAQUET dite LAVALLEE

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

1813 Death
5 September 1813
Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

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