Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS

(b. abt. 1722 , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 January 1785 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS was born abt. 1722 in Québec Province, Canada

Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS was the child of Romain RAYMOND dit PHOCAS and Thérèse ST-PIERRE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Marie-Anne GERBERT

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Gabriel married Marie-Josephe DUBE 24 July 1747 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie-Josephe DUBE was born 5 March 1725 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Marie-Josephe died 18 August 1812 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Josephe was the child of Augustin DUBE and Marie-Anne SOUCY.

Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS died 10 January 1785 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, 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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Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS married

Marie-Josephe DUBE-- Date: 24 July 1747 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe DUBE was the child of Augustin DUBE and Marie-Anne SOUCY

Children of Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS and Marie-Josephe DUBE:

Marie-Josephte PHOCAS (b.18 May 1748, Kamouraska, Canada, New France d. 10 July 1796, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. Etienne MICHAUD 6 June 1774 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marguerite PHOCAS dite RAYMOND (b.abt. 1750, , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 November 1791, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Benjamin LEBEL 19 January 1768 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Baptiste PHOCAS (b.abt. 1751, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Catherine PHOCAS (b.18 February 1756, Kamouraska, Canada, New France d. 20 March 1819, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada )
m. Alexandre SOUCY 27 February 1786 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Genevieve PHOCAS (b.15 September 1762, Kamouraska, Canada d. 27 January 1840, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Louis DUPERE 14 October 1782 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Michel-Gabriel PHOCAS (b.17 March 1766, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 April 1842, Kamouraska, Canada East )
m. Marie-Anne ROY 12 February 1787 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Salomee PHOCAS (b.5 October 1767, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 March 1815, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. Raphael SIROIS dit DUPLESSIS 10 January 1791 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1747 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS and Marie-Josephe DUBE 24 July 1747 , Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

1748 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte PHOCAS was born 18 May 1748, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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

1756 Birth of Child
Catherine PHOCAS was born 18 February 1756, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Genevieve PHOCAS was born 15 September 1762, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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.

1766 Birth of Child
Michel-Gabriel PHOCAS was born 17 March 1766, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1767 Birth of Child
Salomee PHOCAS was born 5 October 1767, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

1768 Marriage of Child
Marguerite PHOCAS dite RAYMOND married 19 January 1768, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Benjamin LEBEL

1774 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte PHOCAS married 6 June 1774, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Etienne MICHAUD

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.