Henri-Louis DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS

(b. 15 July 1737 , Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 27 July 1812 , Yamaska, Lower Canada )

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Henri-Louis DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS was born 15 July 1737 in Yamaska, Canada, New France

Henri-Louis DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS was the child of Joseph DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS and Angélique PEPIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS and Jeanne BELLET dite GAZAILLE (BLET) (BELET) (maternal) Robert PEPIN and Elisabeth-Isabelle ROYER

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Henri-Louis married Marie-Anne BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE abt. 1768 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Anne BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE was born 10 January 1739 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Anne was the child of Louis BADAILLAC dit LAPLANTE and Thérèse COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ.

Henri-Louis DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS died 27 July 1812 in Yamaska, 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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Henri-Louis DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS married

Marie-Anne BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE-- Date: abt. 1768 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Anne BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE was the child of Louis BADAILLAC dit LAPLANTE and Thérèse COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ

Children of Henri-Louis DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS and Marie-Anne BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE:

Louis DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS (b.30 October 1770, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Josephte LOISEAU dite CARDIN 22 January 1798 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie-Anne DEGUIRE dite DESROSIERS (b.abt. 1772, , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 April 1835, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Michel-Pierre HÉBERT 22 October 1792 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Jean-Baptiste DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS (b.16 May 1773, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Catherine CARRE dite LAROCHE 11 January 1808 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph DESROSIERS (b.24 May 1775, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 March 1835, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite LALANCETTE 11 October 1802 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Pierre DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS (b.12 February 1777, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 February 1832, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise HUS PAUL 12 September 1803 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1737 Birth
15 July 1737
Yamaska, 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.

1770 Birth of Child
Louis DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS was born 30 October 1770, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Henri-Louis was 33 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS was born 16 May 1773, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Henri-Louis was 35 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Joseph DESROSIERS was born 24 May 1775, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Henri-Louis was 37 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Pierre DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS was born 12 February 1777, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Henri-Louis was 39 years old.

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne DEGUIRE dite DESROSIERS married 22 October 1792, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Michel-Pierre HÉBERT

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

1798 Marriage of Child
Louis DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS married 22 January 1798, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Josephte LOISEAU dite CARDIN

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

1802 Marriage of Child
Joseph DESROSIERS married 11 October 1802, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Marguerite LALANCETTE

1803 Marriage of Child
Pierre DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS married 12 September 1803, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie-Louise HUS PAUL

1808 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DEGUIRE dit DESROSIERS married 11 January 1808, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Catherine CARRE dite LAROCHE