Pierre-Amable VANDANDAIGUE dit GADBOIS

(b. 10 February 1744 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 9 January 1806 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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Pierre-Amable VANDANDAIGUE dit GADBOIS was born 10 February 1744 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

Pierre-Amable VANDANDAIGUE dit GADBOIS was the child of Pierre-Joachim VANDANDAIGUE and Marie-Josephte QUENNEVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude VANDANDAIGUE and Marie BRIDEAU (maternal) François QUENNEVILLE and Thérèse CARBONNEAU dite PROVENÇAL

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Pierre-Amable married Marie-Thérèse BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR 14 November 1768 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Thérèse BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR was born 1 November 1749 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Thérèse died 20 February 1810 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Ambroise BROSSEAU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Josephe GERVAIS.

Pierre-Amable VANDANDAIGUE dit GADBOIS died 9 January 1806 in Saint-Ours, 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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Pierre-Amable VANDANDAIGUE dit GADBOIS married

Marie-Thérèse BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR-- Date: 14 November 1768 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
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Marie-Thérèse BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR was the child of Ambroise BROSSEAU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Josephe GERVAIS

Children of Pierre-Amable VANDANDAIGUE dit GADBOIS and Marie-Thérèse BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR:

Marie-Felicite VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS (b.8 July 1773, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 March 1810, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Francois LABOSSIERE 27 February 1797 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Marie-Louise VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS (b.28 October 1774, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Louis-Anastase JANSON 6 October 1800 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1744 Birth
10 February 1744
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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Amable VANDANDAIGUE dit GADBOIS and Marie-Thérèse BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR 14 November 1768, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Marie-Felicite VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS was born 8 July 1773, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Pierre-Amable was 29 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS was born 28 October 1774, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Pierre-Amable was 30 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 Marriage of Child
Marie-Felicite VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS married 27 February 1797, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Francois LABOSSIERE

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1800 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise VANDANDAIGUE dite GADBOIS married 6 October 1800, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Louis-Anastase JANSON