Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN

(b. 23 September 1744 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 14 December 1814 , Boucherville, Lower Canada )

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Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN was born 23 September 1744 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN was the child of Pierre-Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Josephte LOUVOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Germain GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Jeanne BEAUCHAMP (maternal) Jacques LOUVOIS dit ST-AMOUR ET LALIME and Marie-Barbe CESAR dite LAGARDELETTE

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

Joseph married Josephte AUBERTIN 27 January 1777 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte AUBERTIN was born 9 August 1753 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Josephte died 4 November 1843 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Josephte was the child of Joseph AUBERTIN and Josephte PEPIN dite LAFORCE.

Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN died 14 December 1814 in Boucherville, 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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Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN married

Josephte AUBERTIN-- Date: 27 January 1777 Place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte AUBERTIN was the child of Joseph AUBERTIN and Josephte PEPIN dite LAFORCE

Children of Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Josephte AUBERTIN:

Josephte GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN (b.31 January 1779, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. François HUET dit DULUDE 15 July 1799 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1744 Birth
23 September 1744
Boucherville, 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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Josephte AUBERTIN 27 January 1777, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 32 years old.

1779 Birth of Child
Josephte GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN was born 31 January 1779, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Joseph was 34 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

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

1799 Marriage of Child
Josephte GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN married 15 July 1799, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to François HUET dit DULUDE

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