Pierre DENIS dit LAPIERRE

(b. 2 July 1731 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 23 October 1780 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre DENIS dit LAPIERRE was born 2 July 1731 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Pierre DENIS dit LAPIERRE was the child of Joseph DENIS dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Jeanne-Anne CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Jean DENIS dit LAPIERRE and Marie GODIN (maternal) Leonard CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ and Marie-Jeanne MORISSET

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Pierre married Marie-Anne FORTIN 30 January 1758 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne FORTIN was born 13 April 1743 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne died 22 April 1825 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Marie-Anne was the child of Louis-Marie FORTIN and Marguerite LEBLOND.

Pierre DENIS dit LAPIERRE died 23 October 1780 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, 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 DENIS dit LAPIERRE married

Marie-Anne FORTIN-- Date: 30 January 1758 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne FORTIN was the child of Louis-Marie FORTIN and Marguerite LEBLOND

Children of Pierre DENIS dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Anne FORTIN:

Genevieve DENIS (b.27 May 1766, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 January 1825, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada)
m. Jacques RATTÉ (RATE) 28 April 1783 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1731 Birth
2 July 1731
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DENIS dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Anne FORTIN 30 January 1758, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 26 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.

1766 Birth of Child
Genevieve DENIS was born 27 May 1766, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Pierre was 34 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.