Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE

(b. 12 May 1740 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 4 February 1810 , Lachenaie, Lower Canada )

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Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE was born 12 May 1740 in Laval, Canada, New France

Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE was the child of Athanase GRAVEL and Marie DOYON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles GRAVEL and Françoise GUYON (maternal) Antoine DOYON and Françoise CLOUTIER

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Guillaume married Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 22 August 1763 in Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was born 28 October 1744 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Amable died 14 April 1832 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marie-Amable was the child of Joseph-Cecile LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Angelique NADON dite LETOURNEAU.

Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE died 4 February 1810 in Lachenaie, Lower Canada .

m. Laporte Marie-Amable

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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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Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE married

Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES-- Date: 22 August 1763 Place: Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES was the child of Joseph-Cecile LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Angelique NADON dite LETOURNEAU

Children of Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE and Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES:

Helene GRAVEL (b.11 September 1773, Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre LECLAIR (LECLERC) 24 November 1817 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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1740 Birth
12 May 1740
Laval, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE and Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 22 August 1763, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

He was 23 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Helene GRAVEL was born 11 September 1773, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Guillaume was 33 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.