Pierre JEAN dit VIENS

(b. 7 May 1700 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 23 February 1777 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre JEAN dit VIENS was born 7 May 1700 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Pierre JEAN dit VIENS was the child of Pierre JEAN dit VIENS and Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Vivien JEAN and Elisabeth DROUET (maternal) Antoine CASSE (LACASSE) and Françoise PILOIS

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

Pierre married Catherine CANTARA 6 February 1730 in Yamaska, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Catherine CANTARA was born 16 May 1707 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Catherine died 14 January 1788 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Catherine was the child of Bernardin CANTARA dit DESLAURIERS and Petronille DANIS dite TOURANGEAU.

Pierre JEAN dit VIENS died 23 February 1777 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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Pierre JEAN dit VIENS married

Catherine CANTARA-- Date: 6 February 1730 Place: Yamaska, Canada, New France
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Catherine CANTARA was the child of Bernardin CANTARA dit DESLAURIERS and Petronille DANIS dite TOURANGEAU

Children of Pierre JEAN dit VIENS and Catherine CANTARA:

Marie-Josephte JEAN dite VIENS (b.30 April 1732, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 9 September 1769, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES 21 October 1765 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Isabelle VIENS (b.6 August 1733, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 28 April 1816, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Eustache HAREL 22 January 1776 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Joseph VIENS (b.6 November 1734, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 11 April 1803, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Veronique THÉROUX dite LACERTÉ 2 February 1761 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie VIENS (b.11 February 1736, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. , )
m. André SALOIS 31 March 1761 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Pierre VIENS dit JEAN (b.23 March 1741, Sorel, Canada, New France d. 18 January 1820, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Elisabeth-Isabelle BOISSEL 25 October 1767

Marie-Thérèse JEAN dite VIENS (b.19 April 1754, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 29 January 1823, Saint-Jude, Lower Canada)
m. Joachim MORIN 11 January 1779 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)
m. Michel DESMARAIS 13 May 1782 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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1700 Birth
7 May 1700
Beaumont, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1730 Marriage / Partner
Pierre JEAN dit VIENS and Catherine CANTARA 6 February 1730, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 29 years old.

1732 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte JEAN dite VIENS was born 30 April 1732, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Pierre was 32 years old.

1733 Birth of Child
Isabelle VIENS was born 6 August 1733, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Pierre was 33 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Joseph VIENS was born 6 November 1734, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Pierre was 34 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Marie VIENS was born 11 February 1736, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Pierre was 35 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Pierre VIENS dit JEAN was born 23 March 1741, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre was 40 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse JEAN dite VIENS was born 19 April 1754, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Pierre was 53 years old.

1761 Marriage of Child
Joseph VIENS married 2 February 1761, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Veronique THÉROUX dite LACERTÉ

1761 Marriage of Child
Marie VIENS married 31 March 1761, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to André SALOIS

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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte JEAN dite VIENS married 21 October 1765 , Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Pierre LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

1769 Death of Child
Marie-Josephte JEAN dite VIENS died 9 September 1769, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Pierre was 69 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.