Ambroise LAURENT dit ST-LAURENT

(b. 1 September 1720 , Rimouski, Canada, New France d. 9 May 1797 , Rimouski, Lower Canada )

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Ambroise LAURENT dit ST-LAURENT was born 1 September 1720 in Rimouski, Canada, New France

Ambroise LAURENT dit ST-LAURENT was the child of Pierre LAURENT dit ST-LAURENT and Constance GARINET (GUÉRINET) and the grandchild of: (maternal) François GARINET (GUÉRINET) and Constance LEPAGE

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Ambroise married Marie-Louise PINEAU (PINEAULT) abt. 1748 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Louise PINEAU (PINEAULT) was born abt. 1724 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Louise died 12 May 1799 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Marie-Louise was the child of Jean PINEAULT and Anne CHIASSON.

Ambroise LAURENT dit ST-LAURENT died 9 May 1797 in Rimouski, 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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Ambroise LAURENT dit ST-LAURENT married

Marie-Louise PINEAU (PINEAULT)-- Date: abt. 1748 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Marie-Louise PINEAU (PINEAULT) was the child of Jean PINEAULT and Anne CHIASSON

Children of Ambroise LAURENT dit ST-LAURENT and Marie-Louise PINEAU (PINEAULT):

Pierre ST-LAURENT (b.24 January 1756, Rimouski, Canada, New France d. 14 February 1836, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephte HUDON dite BEAULIEU 22 August 1796 in Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges)

Jean-Baptiste ST-LAURENT (b.abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada d. 25 August 1837, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Therese LANGLOIS 17 January 1797 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Germain ST-LAURENT (b.abt. 1775, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 February 1843, Rimouski, Canada East )
m. Marie-Anastasie CANUEL 28 January 1806 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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1720 Birth
1 September 1720
Rimouski, Canada, New France

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

1756 Birth of Child
Pierre ST-LAURENT was born 24 January 1756, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Ambroise was 35 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.

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)

1796 Marriage of Child
Pierre ST-LAURENT married 22 August 1796, Trois-Pistoles, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) to Marie-Josephte HUDON dite BEAULIEU