Pierre LANGEVIN dit LACROIX

(b. 21 March 1738 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 31 August 1812 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Pierre LANGEVIN dit LACROIX was born 21 March 1738 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Pierre LANGEVIN dit LACROIX was the child of Antoine LANGEVIN and Marie-Louise COUSINEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin LANGEVIN and Marie-Thérèse MARTIN dite MONTPELLIER (maternal) Jean COUSINEAU and Jeanne BÉNARD

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Pierre married Apolline MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 2 May 1763 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Apolline MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 13 April 1744 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Apolline died 22 April 1815 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Apolline was the child of Joseph MIVILLE and Josephe-Apolline GERMAIN.

Pierre LANGEVIN dit LACROIX died 31 August 1812 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, 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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Pierre LANGEVIN dit LACROIX married

Apolline MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES-- Date: 2 May 1763 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Apolline MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was the child of Joseph MIVILLE and Josephe-Apolline GERMAIN

Children of Pierre LANGEVIN dit LACROIX and Apolline MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES:

Marie-Louise-Charlotte LANGEVIN (b.14 October 1766, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 December 1844, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Canada East)
m. Jean-Baptiste RULLE dit DESABRETS 12 February 1781 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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1738 Birth
21 March 1738
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LANGEVIN dit LACROIX and Apolline MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 2 May 1763, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise-Charlotte LANGEVIN was born 14 October 1766, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Pierre was 28 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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise-Charlotte LANGEVIN married 12 February 1781, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste RULLE dit DESABRETS

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)

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