Jean PERRIER dit OLIVIER

(b. 28 April 1736 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 31 December 1802 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Jean PERRIER dit OLIVIER was born 28 April 1736 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jean PERRIER dit OLIVIER was the child of Jean PERRIER dit OLIVIER and Catherine JOUSSET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Laurent PERRIER dit OLIVIER and Marie BESSETTE (BESSET) (maternal) Pierre JOUSSET and Jeanne GOGUET

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

Jean married Marie-Catherine POISSANT 12 February 1770 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Catherine POISSANT was born 30 November 1749 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Catherine died 26 July 1825 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Marie-Catherine was the child of Pierre POISSANT dit LASALINE and Angélique GIROUX.

Jean PERRIER dit OLIVIER died 31 December 1802 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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Jean PERRIER dit OLIVIER married

Marie-Catherine POISSANT-- Date: 12 February 1770 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Catherine POISSANT was the child of Pierre POISSANT dit LASALINE and Angélique GIROUX

Children of Jean PERRIER dit OLIVIER and Marie-Catherine POISSANT:

Catherine PERRIER (b.5 September 1771, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 July 1832, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Jean SENECAL 30 June 1794 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1736 Birth
28 April 1736
La Prairie, 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Jean PERRIER dit OLIVIER and Marie-Catherine POISSANT 12 February 1770, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 33 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Catherine PERRIER was born 5 September 1771, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean was 35 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.

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)

1794 Marriage of Child
Catherine PERRIER married 30 June 1794, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jean SENECAL

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