Jean-Baptiste CHAMPOUX dit ST-PAIR

(b. 8 September 1765 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 February 1807 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste CHAMPOUX dit ST-PAIR was born 8 September 1765 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste CHAMPOUX dit ST-PAIR was the child of Pierre CHAMPOUX and Marie-Madeleine CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean ST-PÈRE dit CHAMPOUX and Marie-Anne BOURBEAU dite LACOURSE (maternal) Pierre CORMIER and Marguerite CYR

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Jean-Baptiste married Angélique HAMEL 7 March 1791 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angélique HAMEL was born 8 August 1765 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Angélique died 2 November 1815 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Angélique was the child of Antoine-Louis HAMEL and Marie-Angélique DUMONT.

Jean-Baptiste CHAMPOUX dit ST-PAIR died 2 February 1807 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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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Jean-Baptiste CHAMPOUX dit ST-PAIR married

Angélique HAMEL-- Date: 7 March 1791 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Angélique HAMEL was the child of Antoine-Louis HAMEL and Marie-Angélique DUMONT

Children of Jean-Baptiste CHAMPOUX dit ST-PAIR and Angélique HAMEL:

Victoire CHAMPOUX (b.6 June 1796, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 26 December 1857, Sainte-Gertrude, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada)
m. Francois-Xavier LEBLANC 14 July 1817 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Louise CHAMPOUX SIT ST-PAIRE (b.4 November 1798, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 9 March 1874, Danville, Les Sources, Quebec, Canada)
m. Alexis BOISVERT 6 October 1817 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1765 Birth
8 September 1765
Bécancour, Nicolet, 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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CHAMPOUX dit ST-PAIR and Angélique HAMEL 7 March 1791, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 25 years old.

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

1796 Birth of Child
Victoire CHAMPOUX was born 6 June 1796, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1798 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise CHAMPOUX SIT ST-PAIRE was born 4 November 1798, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.

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