Jacques DENIS dit LAPIERRE

(b. 18 June 1732 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 7 May 1810 , Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Jacques DENIS dit LAPIERRE was born 18 June 1732 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jacques DENIS dit LAPIERRE was the child of Pierre-Jacques DENIS dit LAPIERRE and Veronique MATHIEU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Jean DENIS dit LAPIERRE and Marie GODIN (maternal) René MATHIEU and Geneviève ROUSSIN

Jacques DENIS dit LAPIERRE died 7 May 1810 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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1732 Birth
18 June 1732
Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

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.