Jean-Ambroise PIETTE (PIET) dit TREMPE

(b. abt. 1744 , Québec Province, Canada d. 30 November 1803 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Ambroise PIETTE (PIET) dit TREMPE was born abt. 1744 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Ambroise PIETTE (PIET) dit TREMPE was the child of Jean-Baptiste PIETTE (PIET) dit TREMPE and Marie-Françoise PELLETIER dite ANTAYA and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PIETTE (PIET) dit TREMPE and Marie-Jacqueline HAREL (maternal) Michel PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Françoise MENEUX dite CHATEAUNEUF

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Jean-Ambroise married Marie-Josephte BRAZEAU 20 January 1772 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Josephte BRAZEAU was born 31 January 1753 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marie-Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRAZEAU and Josephte-Marie HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS.

Jean-Ambroise PIETTE (PIET) dit TREMPE died 30 November 1803 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .

m. Josephte Brazeau
20 January 1772
Berthier-en-Haut, Ste-Geneviève, Berthier, Quebec

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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-Josephte BRAZEAU-- Date: 20 January 1772 Place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte BRAZEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRAZEAU and Josephte-Marie HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS

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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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Ambroise PIETTE (PIET) dit TREMPE and Marie-Josephte BRAZEAU 20 January 1772, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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.