Genevieve PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

(b. 10 February 1767 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 February 1833 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Genevieve PELLETIER dite ANTAYA was born 10 February 1767 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Genevieve PELLETIER dite ANTAYA was the child of Jacques PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Marguerite ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Françoise MENEUX dite CHATEAUNEUF (maternal) Pierre ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS and Marie-Josephe JOYAL

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Genevieve married Amable FLEURY 4 February 1788 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada . Amable FLEURY was born 5 October 1761 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Amable was the child of Jean-Baptiste FLEURY and Marie LEMIRE dite FOUCAULT.

Genevieve PELLETIER dite ANTAYA died 11 February 1833 in Maskinongé, 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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Amable FLEURY-- Date: 4 February 1788 Place: Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Amable FLEURY was the child of Jean-Baptiste FLEURY and Marie LEMIRE dite FOUCAULT

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1767 Birth
10 February 1767
Sorel, Province of 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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve PELLETIER dite ANTAYA and Amable FLEURY 4 February 1788, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 20 years old.

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

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

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England