Alexis DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD

(b. abt. 1726 , Canada d. 4 June 1802 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Alexis DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD was born abt. 1726 in Canada

Alexis DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD was the child of Jacques DESTROISMAISONS and Madeleine PELLETIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philippe PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS and Martine CROSNIER (maternal) René PELLETIER and Marie-Madeleine LECLERC

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Alexis married Marie-Anne AUDET dite LAPOINTE 27 January 1750 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born September 1727 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne died 16 April 1772 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Anne JOUANNE.

Alexis DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD died 4 June 1802 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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-Anne AUDET dite LAPOINTE-- Date: 27 January 1750 Place: Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne AUDET dite LAPOINTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Anne JOUANNE

Children of Alexis DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Marie-Anne AUDET dite LAPOINTE:

Jean-Baptiste DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD (b.10 November 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 6 September 1813, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Marie TREMBLAY 6 October 1794 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Geneviève DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD (b.25 May 1762, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada d. , )
m. Yves BOUDREAU 14 February 1786 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1750 Marriage / Partner
Alexis DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Marie-Anne AUDET dite LAPOINTE 27 January 1750, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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

1758 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD was born 10 November 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

1762 Birth of Child
Geneviève DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was born 25 May 1762, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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-Anne AUDET dite LAPOINTE died 16 April 1772, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Geneviève DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD married 14 February 1786, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Yves BOUDREAU

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

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD married 6 October 1794, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Marie TREMBLAY

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

1802 Death
4 June 1802
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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