Françoise LEMIRE dite GAUCHER

(b. abt. 1740 , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 November 1812 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Françoise LEMIRE dite GAUCHER was born abt. 1740 in Québec Province, Canada

Françoise LEMIRE dite GAUCHER was the child of Alexis LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE and Marie-Anne DELGUEL dite LABRÈCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE and Françoise-Louise FOUCAULT (maternal) Pierre DELGUEL dit LABRÈCHE and Marie-Anne-Jeanne BARON dite LUPIEN

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Françoise married Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU 14 November 1760 in Maskinongé, Canada . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU was born abt. 1731 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste died 14 September 1794 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) and Agathe SICARD dite CARUFEL.

Françoise LEMIRE dite GAUCHER died 14 November 1812 in Maskinongé, 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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Françoise LEMIRE dite GAUCHER married

Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU-- Date: 14 November 1760 Place: Maskinongé, Canada
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Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU was the child of Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) and Agathe SICARD dite CARUFEL

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Children of Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU and Françoise LEMIRE dite GAUCHER:

Julie-Judith PETIT dite BRUNEAU (b.2 September 1761, Maskinongé, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste DERY 20 April 1779 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU (b.22 September 1763, , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 June 1831, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Celeste VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE 22 November 1789 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Madeleine PETIT dite BRUNEAU (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (b.abt. 1767, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Antoine PETIT dit BRUNEAU (b.16 January 1769, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 September 1846, Maskinongé, Canada East )

Louis BRUNEAU (b.11 September 1771, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Pierre BRUNEAU (b.13 January 1773, Rivière-du-Loup, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 February 1838, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

Louise PETIT dite BRUNEAU (b.1 July 1776, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 April 1842, Maskinongé, Canada East )

Alexis PETIT dit BRUNEAU (b.1 February 1778, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Francois PETIT dit BRUNEAU (b.3 August 1780, , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 May 1841, , Québec Province, Canada )

Jean PETIT (b.26 May 1782, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Remi PETIT (b.25 November 1784, Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 March 1785, Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada )

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Françoise LEMIRE dite GAUCHER and Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU 14 November 1760, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

1761 Birth of Child
Julie-Judith PETIT dite BRUNEAU was born 2 September 1761, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU was born 22 September 1763, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1769 Birth of Child
Antoine PETIT dit BRUNEAU was born 16 January 1769, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

1771 Birth of Child
Louis BRUNEAU was born 11 September 1771, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

1773 Birth of Child
Pierre BRUNEAU was born 13 January 1773, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

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.

1776 Birth of Child
Louise PETIT dite BRUNEAU was born 1 July 1776, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

1778 Birth of Child
Alexis PETIT dit BRUNEAU was born 1 February 1778, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

1779 Marriage of Child
Julie-Judith PETIT dite BRUNEAU married 20 April 1779, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Jean-Baptiste DERY

1780 Birth of Child
Francois PETIT dit BRUNEAU was born 3 August 1780, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1782 Birth of Child
Jean PETIT was born 26 May 1782, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Remi PETIT was born 25 November 1784, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

1785 Death of Child
Remi PETIT died 1 March 1785, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

1789 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU married 22 November 1789, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Marie-Celeste VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE

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

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

1794 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU died 14 September 1794, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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

1812 Death
14 November 1812
Maskinongé, Lower Canada

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