Maurice BOURGELAS dit DEGENE

(b. 20 January 1739 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 31 May 1812 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada )

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Maurice BOURGELAS dit DEGENE was born 20 January 1739 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Maurice BOURGELAS dit DEGENE was the child of Pierre BOURGELAS and Dorothee BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (maternal) Philippe BOUCHER and Marie-Anne MIGNIER

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Maurice married Marguerite TOUSSAINT 23 June 1761 in La Pocatière, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite TOUSSAINT was born 10 October 1740 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 17 April 1838 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marguerite was the child of Jean TOUSSAINT and Suzanne MIMAUX.

Maurice BOURGELAS dit DEGENE died 31 May 1812 in La Pocatière, 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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Maurice BOURGELAS dit DEGENE married

Marguerite TOUSSAINT-- Date: 23 June 1761 Place: La Pocatière, Canada
Marguerite TOUSSAINT was the child of Jean TOUSSAINT and Suzanne MIMAUX

Children of Maurice BOURGELAS dit DEGENE and Marguerite TOUSSAINT:

Marie-Marguerite BOURGELAS dite DEGENE (b.29 April 1770, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 October 1835, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Marie PELLETIER 28 January 1788 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)
m. Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES 28 January 1799 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1739 Birth
20 January 1739
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Maurice BOURGELAS dit DEGENE and Marguerite TOUSSAINT 23 June 1761, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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.

1770 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite BOURGELAS dite DEGENE was born 29 April 1770, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Maurice was 31 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite BOURGELAS dite DEGENE married 28 January 1788, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Jean-Marie PELLETIER

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

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

1799 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite BOURGELAS dite DEGENE married 28 January 1799, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Jacques MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES

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