Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN

(b. 11 July 1736 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 13 July 1789 , Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN was born 11 July 1736 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN was the child of Pierre GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Elisabeth PAILLARD (PAILLE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Germain GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Jeanne BEAUCHAMP (maternal) Leonard PAILLARD (PAILLE) and Marie-Louise VACHON

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Antoine married Françoise LEVASSEUR 20 October 1760 in Boucherville, Canada . Françoise LEVASSEUR was born abt. 1736 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Françoise was the child of Barthelemy LEVASSEUR and Marie-Louise FAVREAU.

Antoine married (2) Marguerite CHARRON 15 February 1768 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite CHARRON was born 22 March 1746 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marguerite died 29 December 1791 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marguerite was the child of Joseph CHARRON and Marie-Anne RÉGUINDEAU.

Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN died 13 July 1789 in Boucherville, 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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Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN married

Françoise LEVASSEUR-- Date: 20 October 1760 Place: Boucherville, Canada
Françoise LEVASSEUR was the child of Barthelemy LEVASSEUR and Marie-Louise FAVREAU

Children of Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Françoise LEVASSEUR:

Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN married

Marguerite CHARRON-- Date: 15 February 1768 Place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite CHARRON was the child of Joseph CHARRON and Marie-Anne RÉGUINDEAU

Children of Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Marguerite CHARRON:

Joseph-Paul GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN (b.18 January 1774, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 April 1816, Boucherville, Lower Canada )
m. Exupere HUET dite DULUDE 12 January 1795 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1736 Birth
11 July 1736
Boucherville, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Françoise LEVASSEUR 20 October 1760, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 24 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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Marguerite CHARRON 15 February 1768, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 31 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Joseph-Paul GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN was born 18 January 1774, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Antoine was 37 years old.

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.