Modeste-Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN

(b. 13 May 1772 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 August 1834 , Yamaska, Lower Canada )

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Modeste-Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN was born 13 May 1772 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Modeste-Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN was the child of Étienne ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Rose THÉROUX dite LAFERTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Jeanne BANLIAC dite LAMONTAGNE (maternal) Pierre THÉROUX dit LAFERTÉ and Marie-Rose COITOU

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Modeste-Joseph married Marie-Madeleine CARTIER 7 November 1796 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Marie-Madeleine CARTIER was born abt. 1774 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Madeleine died 18 February 1862 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Madeleine was the child of François-De-Sales CARTIER and Louise-Marie PETIT dite BRUNEAU.

Modeste-Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN died 31 August 1834 in Yamaska, 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-Madeleine CARTIER-- Date: 7 November 1796 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Marie-Madeleine CARTIER was the child of François-De-Sales CARTIER and Louise-Marie PETIT dite BRUNEAU

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1772 Birth
13 May 1772
Yamaska, 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

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

1796 Marriage / Partner
Modeste-Joseph ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Madeleine CARTIER 7 November 1796, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 24 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England