Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN

(b. 27 August 1712 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 19 September 1770 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN was born 27 August 1712 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN was the child of Jean ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Jeanne BANLIAC dite LAMONTAGNE and the grandchild of: (maternal) François BANLIAC dit LAMONTAGNE and Marie-Angélique PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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Joseph-Michel married Marie-Madeleine FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE abt. 1747 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Madeleine FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE was born 24 May 1712 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Marie-Madeleine died 15 September 1770 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste-François FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Marguerite BERGERON.

Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN died 19 September 1770 in Yamaska, 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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Family and Children of Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN

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Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN married

Marie-Madeleine FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE-- Date: abt. 1747 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Marie-Madeleine FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste-François FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Marguerite BERGERON

Children of Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Madeleine FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE:

Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN (b.15 April 1748, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 17 October 1825, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Catherine HAZEUR 8 February 1773 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph ST-GERMAIN (b.2 June 1752, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 16 July 1832, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Louise-Catherine LEFORT 16 February 1778 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne ST-GERMAIN dite GAUSSIN (b.8 September 1755, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 1 December 1817, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Gaspard-Marie DÉSAUTELS dit LAPOINTE 10 February 1772 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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1712 Birth
27 August 1712
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1748 Birth of Child
Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN was born 15 April 1748, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Joseph-Michel was 35 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Joseph ST-GERMAIN was born 2 June 1752, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Joseph-Michel was 39 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne ST-GERMAIN dite GAUSSIN was born 8 September 1755, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Joseph-Michel was 43 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.