Antoine LACAGE dit ST-JEAN

(b. 28 October 1721 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 14 May 1806 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada )

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Antoine LACAGE dit ST-JEAN was born 28 October 1721 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Antoine LACAGE dit ST-JEAN was the child of Jean-Baptiste LACAGE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Catherine DESAUTELS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Charlotte CHAUDILLON

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Antoine married Marie-Louise LOYER dite DESNOYERS 9 May 1741 in Lanoraie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise LOYER dite DESNOYERS was born 23 July 1716 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Marie-Louise died 5 February 1781 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Louise was the child of Gabriel LOYER dit DESNOYERS and Marie-Geneviève GENDREAU (GENDRON).

Antoine LACAGE dit ST-JEAN died 14 May 1806 in L'Assomption, 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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Antoine LACAGE dit ST-JEAN married

Marie-Louise LOYER dite DESNOYERS-- Date: 9 May 1741 Place: Lanoraie, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise LOYER dite DESNOYERS was the child of Gabriel LOYER dit DESNOYERS and Marie-Geneviève GENDREAU (GENDRON)

Children of Antoine LACAGE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Louise LOYER dite DESNOYERS:

Antoinette ST-JEAN (b.abt. 1742, , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 June 1808 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada )
m. Basile-Noel COITOU 5 February 1759 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1721 Birth
28 October 1721
Sorel, Canada, New France

1741 Marriage / Partner
Antoine LACAGE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Louise LOYER dite DESNOYERS 9 May 1741, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

He was 19 years old.

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

1759 Marriage of Child
Antoinette ST-JEAN married 5 February 1759, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Basile-Noel COITOU

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.