Michel DENIS dit ST-DENIS

(b. 7 September 1723 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 12 March 1799 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )

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Michel DENIS dit ST-DENIS was born 7 September 1723 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Michel DENIS dit ST-DENIS was the child of Jacques DENIS dit ST-DENIS and Anne GAUTHIER and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre GAUTHIER dit SAGUINGOIRA and Marie-Charlotte ROUSSEL

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Michel married Felicite PILON 7 January 1745 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Felicite PILON was born 13 March 1729 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Felicite was the child of Jean PILON and Anne GERVAIS.

Michel DENIS dit ST-DENIS died 12 March 1799 in Vaudreuil, 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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Michel DENIS dit ST-DENIS married

Felicite PILON-- Date: 7 January 1745 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France
Felicite PILON was the child of Jean PILON and Anne GERVAIS

Children of Michel DENIS dit ST-DENIS and Felicite PILON:

Marie-Amable ST-DENIS (b.20 July 1746, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Philibert MALLET 19 October 1767 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Felicite DENIS dite ST-DENIS (b.11 November 1754, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Joseph BERTHIAUME 20 November 1775 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Josephte DENIS dite ST DENIS (b.abt. 1764, , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 November 1855, St-Placide, Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada)
m. Louis SEIZE (LOUISEIZE) 15 November 1790 in Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal)

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1723 Birth
7 September 1723
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Michel DENIS dit ST-DENIS and Felicite PILON 7 January 1745, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Marie-Amable ST-DENIS was born 20 July 1746, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Michel was 22 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Felicite DENIS dite ST-DENIS was born 11 November 1754, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Michel was 31 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.

1767 Marriage of Child
Marie-Amable ST-DENIS married 19 October 1767, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Philibert MALLET

1775 Marriage of Child
Felicite DENIS dite ST-DENIS married 20 November 1775, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Joseph BERTHIAUME

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Josephte DENIS dite ST DENIS married 15 November 1790, Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal) to Louis SEIZE (LOUISEIZE)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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