Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX

(b. 8 July 1743 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 20 February 1828 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX was born 8 July 1743 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX was the child of Louis BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marie-Anne MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gilles BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marie-Marthe GAZAILLE dite ST-GERMAIN (maternal) Pierre MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Denise DAUNAIS (DAUNAY)

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Pierre married Marguerite MAILLET 17 November 1766 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite MAILLET was born 8 September 1748 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marguerite was the child of Joseph MAGUET (MAILLET) and Marie-Josephte ROY dite DESJARDINS.

Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX died 20 February 1828 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada.

m. Maillet Marguerite

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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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Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX married

Marguerite MAILLET-- Date: 17 November 1766 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite MAILLET was the child of Joseph MAGUET (MAILLET) and Marie-Josephte ROY dite DESJARDINS

Children of Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marguerite MAILLET:

Josephte LACROIX (b.abt. 1774, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Charles DUPRÉ 30 June 1794 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1743 Birth
8 July 1743
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

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

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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BOURGAULT dit LACROIX and Marguerite MAILLET 17 November 1766, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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.