Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS

(b. 30 May 1695 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 4 April 1767 , Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS was born 30 May 1695 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS was the child of Toussaint HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS and Étiennette PAQUET (PASQUIER) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Toussaint HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS and Marie LORGUEIL-ARCOUET (maternal) Étienne PAQUET (PASQUIER) and Henriette ROUSSEAU

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Gabriel married Marie-Josephe CHRISTIN 22 November 1717 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Josephe CHRISTIN was born 25 January 1702 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Josephe died 26 February 1729 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Isaac CHRISTIN dit ST-AMOUR and Marie-Suzanne CHARTRAN (CHARTRAND).

Gabriel married (2) Madeleine HENRY dite LAFORGE 31 May 1730 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine HENRY dite LAFORGE was born 2 August 1711 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Madeleine died 18 April 1783 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Madeleine was the child of Vincent HENRY dit LAFORGE and Suzanne MOUFLET.

Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS died 4 April 1767 in Lachine, Montréal, 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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Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS married

Marie-Josephe CHRISTIN-- Date: 22 November 1717 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe CHRISTIN was the child of Isaac CHRISTIN dit ST-AMOUR and Marie-Suzanne CHARTRAN (CHARTRAND)

Children of Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Marie-Josephe CHRISTIN:

Marie-Catherine HUNAULT (b.21 May 1719, Laval, Canada, New France d. , )

Gabriel HUNAULT (b.28 March 1721, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 30 January 1724, Montréal, Canada, New France )

Josephte-Marie HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS (b.2 February 1723, Laval, Canada, New France d. , , Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste BRAZEAU 19 May 1749 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Joseph HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS (b.28 July 1727, Île-Perrot, Canada, New France d. , )

Toussaint HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS (b.17 March 1728, Sorel, Canada, New France d. , )

Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS married

Madeleine HENRY dite LAFORGE-- Date: 31 May 1730 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Madeleine HENRY dite LAFORGE was the child of Vincent HENRY dit LAFORGE and Suzanne MOUFLET

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Children of Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Madeleine HENRY dite LAFORGE:

Charlotte HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS (b.abt. 1742, , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 June 1824, Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada )
m. Pascal NEVEU 14 November 1762 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

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1695 Birth
30 May 1695
Montréal, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Marie-Josephe CHRISTIN 22 November 1717, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

He was 22 years old.

1719 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine HUNAULT was born 21 May 1719, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Gabriel was 23 years old.

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

1721 Birth of Child
Gabriel HUNAULT was born 28 March 1721, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Gabriel was 25 years old.

1723 Birth of Child
Josephte-Marie HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS was born 2 February 1723, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Gabriel was 27 years old.

1724 Death of Child
Gabriel HUNAULT died 30 January 1724, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Gabriel was 28 years old.

1727 Birth of Child
Joseph HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS was born 28 July 1727, Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal)

Gabriel was 32 years old.

1728 Birth of Child
Toussaint HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS was born 17 March 1728, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Gabriel was 32 years old.

1729 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe CHRISTIN died 26 February 1729, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

1730 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Madeleine HENRY dite LAFORGE 31 May 1730, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 35 years old.

1749 Marriage of Child
Josephte-Marie HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS married 19 May 1749, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Jean-Baptiste BRAZEAU

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

1762 Marriage of Child
Charlotte HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS married 14 November 1762 , Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Pascal NEVEU

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.

1767 Death
4 April 1767
Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 71.

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