Jacques DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD

(b. 12 September 1712 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 14 February 1797 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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Jacques DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD was born 12 September 1712 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Jacques DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD was the child of François DESTROISMAISONS and Marie-Françoise DANIAU dite LAPRISE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philippe PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS and Martine CROSNIER (maternal) Jean DANIAU dit LAPRISE and Marie-Louise MICHAUD

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

Jacques married Geneviève GAGNÉ (GASNIER) 5 April 1739 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève GAGNÉ (GASNIER) was born abt. 1715 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Geneviève died 4 April 1769 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Geneviève was the child of Pierre GAGNÉ (GASNIER) dit BELLEAVANCE and Louise PROULX.

Jacques DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD died 14 February 1797 in Montmagny, 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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Jacques DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD married

Geneviève GAGNÉ (GASNIER)-- Date: 5 April 1739 Place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Geneviève GAGNÉ (GASNIER) was the child of Pierre GAGNÉ (GASNIER) dit BELLEAVANCE and Louise PROULX

Children of Jacques DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Geneviève GAGNÉ (GASNIER):

Marie-Geneviève DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD (b.15 December 1743, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 24 April 1816, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Louis PRUNEAU 4 October 1762 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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1712 Birth
12 September 1712
Montmagny, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1739 Marriage / Partner
Jacques DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Geneviève GAGNÉ (GASNIER) 5 April 1739, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 26 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was born 15 December 1743, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 31 years old.

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

1762 Marriage of Child
Marie-Geneviève DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD married 4 October 1762, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Louis PRUNEAU

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.

1769 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève GAGNÉ (GASNIER) died 4 April 1769, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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.