Pierre DUQUET dit DESROCHERS

(b. 1 March 1756 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 13 February 1800 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Pierre DUQUET dit DESROCHERS was born 1 March 1756 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Pierre DUQUET dit DESROCHERS was the child of Basile DUQUET and Marie-Suzanne SENÉCAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne DUQUET dit DESROSIERS and Marie-Françoise DENEAU (DENIAU) dite DESTAILLIS (maternal) Pierre SENÉCAL and Suzanne-Francoise BORDEAU (BOURDEAU)

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Pierre married Marie-Geneviève SON dite MARTIN 27 May 1782 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève SON dite MARTIN was born 21 January 1764 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Jacques SON dit MARTIN and Marie BABEU.

Pierre DUQUET dit DESROCHERS died 13 February 1800 in La Prairie, 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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Marie-Geneviève SON dite MARTIN-- Date: 27 May 1782 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Geneviève SON dite MARTIN was the child of Jacques SON dit MARTIN and Marie BABEU

Children of Pierre DUQUET dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Geneviève SON dite MARTIN:

Marie-Susanne DUQUET (b.29 July 1787, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 July 1867, Saint-Luc, Canada East)
m. Jean-Baptiste-Ulderic TREMBLAY 1 August 1814 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1756 Birth
1 March 1756
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DUQUET dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Geneviève SON dite MARTIN 27 May 1782, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 26 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Marie-Susanne DUQUET was born 29 July 1787, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 31 years old.

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

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