Augustin GAGNON dit BELIZLE

(b. 8 September 1774 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 July 1807 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Augustin GAGNON dit BELIZLE was born 8 September 1774 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Augustin GAGNON dit BELIZLE was the child of Jean GAGNON and Marie-Angelique LEBEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAGNON and Geneviève GAMACHE (maternal) Nicolas LEBEL and Marie-Françoise MIGNEAULT (MIGNAULT)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Augustin married Marie-Claudette-Charlotte PLOURDE 1 May 1797 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Claudette-Charlotte PLOURDE was born 30 November 1773 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Claudette-Charlotte died 21 March 1849 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Claudette-Charlotte was the child of Pierre PLOURDE and Charlotte BERUBE.

Augustin GAGNON dit BELIZLE died 24 July 1807 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Augustin GAGNON dit BELIZLE married

Marie-Claudette-Charlotte PLOURDE-- Date: 1 May 1797 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Marie-Claudette-Charlotte PLOURDE was the child of Pierre PLOURDE and Charlotte BERUBE

Children of Augustin GAGNON dit BELIZLE and Marie-Claudette-Charlotte PLOURDE:

Genevieve GAGNON (b.abt. 1806, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Paul LEVESQUE 1 February 1836 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1774 Birth
8 September 1774
Rivière-Ouelle, 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)

1797 Marriage / Partner
Augustin GAGNON dit BELIZLE and Marie-Claudette-Charlotte PLOURDE 1 May 1797, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 22 years old.

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