Eustache DIEL dit YELLE

(b. 5 February 1724 , Longueuil, Canada, New France d. 27 July 1793 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Eustache DIEL dit YELLE was born 5 February 1724 in Longueuil, Canada, New France

Eustache DIEL dit YELLE was the child of Charles DIEL and Jeanne BOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles DIEL and Marie-Anne PICARD (maternal) Antoine-Jacques BOYER and Marie PERRAS

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Eustache married Marie-Angélique CAILLÉ 7 April 1750 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Angélique CAILLÉ was born 27 April 1728 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Angélique died 23 June 1772 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Marie-Angélique was the child of Jacques CAILLÉ dit BISCORNET and Marie-Josephte BABEU.

Eustache DIEL dit YELLE died 27 July 1793 in La Prairie, 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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Family and Children of Eustache DIEL dit YELLE

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Eustache DIEL dit YELLE married

Marie-Angélique CAILLÉ-- Date: 7 April 1750 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
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Marie-Angélique CAILLÉ was the child of Jacques CAILLÉ dit BISCORNET and Marie-Josephte BABEU

Children of Eustache DIEL dit YELLE and Marie-Angélique CAILLÉ:

Eustache DIEL dit YELLE (b.8 September 1754, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 20 May 1838, Napierville, Lower Canada )
m. Charlotte LEFEBVRE 14 May 1781 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Christine DIEL (b.9 October 1756, Saint-Constant, Canada, New France d. 21 November 1803, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )
m. Jerome LAROCHE 14 September 1778 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Anne DIEL dite YELLE (b.22 September 1762, La Prairie, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph ARCOUET 17 January 1780 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1724 Birth
5 February 1724
Longueuil, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Eustache DIEL dit YELLE and Marie-Angélique CAILLÉ 7 April 1750 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 26 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Eustache DIEL dit YELLE was born 8 September 1754, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Eustache was 30 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Christine DIEL was born 9 October 1756, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Eustache was 32 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne DIEL dite YELLE was born 22 September 1762, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Eustache was 38 years old.

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.

1772 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Angélique CAILLÉ died 23 June 1772, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

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.

1778 Marriage of Child
Christine DIEL married 14 September 1778, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Jerome LAROCHE

1780 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne DIEL dite YELLE married 17 January 1780, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Joseph ARCOUET

1781 Marriage of Child
Eustache DIEL dit YELLE married 14 May 1781 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Charlotte LEFEBVRE

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 Death
27 July 1793
La Prairie, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 69.

Added: 4/4/2016 11:54:09 AM - Updated: 12/4/2023 4:09:43 PM