Jean-Baptiste ST-PIERRE dit GORGETEAU

(b. 29 August 1726 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 16 September 1809 , Louiseville, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste ST-PIERRE dit GORGETEAU was born 29 August 1726 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste ST-PIERRE dit GORGETEAU was the child of Honore GEORGETEAU dit ST-PIERRE and Marguerite-Marie-Louise DESROSIERS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre DESROSIERS and Marguerite-Marie AUBUCHON

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise LESAGE 15 May 1747 in Louiseville, Canada, New France . Marie-Louise LESAGE was born 29 September 1725 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Marie-Louise died 12 May 1798 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Marie-Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Marie-Josephe GERLAISE.

Jean-Baptiste ST-PIERRE dit GORGETEAU died 16 September 1809 in Louiseville, 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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Marie-Louise LESAGE-- Date: 15 May 1747 Place: Louiseville, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise LESAGE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Marie-Josephe GERLAISE

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1726 Birth
29 August 1726
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ST-PIERRE dit GORGETEAU and Marie-Louise LESAGE 15 May 1747, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 20 years old.

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.