Jacques HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE

(b. 9 December 1709 , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 March 1788 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jacques HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE was born 9 December 1709 in Québec Province, Canada

Jacques HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE was the child of Pierre HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE and Marie-Françoise BENOIT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE and Jeanne PEPIN (maternal) Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Anne GUÉDON

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

Jacques married Elisabeth-Angelique GRENIER 12 February 1733 in Louiseville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Elisabeth-Angelique GRENIER was born 3 October 1707 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Elisabeth-Angelique died 3 June 1793 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Elisabeth-Angelique was the child of Étienne GARNIER (GRENIER) dit PELLERIN and Françoise BERGERON.

Jacques HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE died 23 March 1788 in Yamachiche, 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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Family and Children of Jacques HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE

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Jacques HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE married

Elisabeth-Angelique GRENIER-- Date: 12 February 1733 Place: Louiseville, Canada, New France
Elisabeth-Angelique GRENIER was the child of Étienne GARNIER (GRENIER) dit PELLERIN and Françoise BERGERON

Children of Jacques HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE and Elisabeth-Angelique GRENIER:

Joseph-Jacques HEROUX (b.11 September 1734, Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 29 February 1788, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Josephte SYLVESTRE 19 November 1759 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Etienne HEROUX dit BOURGUINVILLE (b.12 April 1736, Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Josephte HEROUX (b.17 June 1738, Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 12 March 1795, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Etienne-Claude CROISETIERE 1 February 1761 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Francoise HEROUX dite BOURGAINVILLE (b.25 October 1740, Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 17 August 1814, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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1709 Birth
9 December 1709
Québec Province, Canada

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Marriage / Partner
Jacques HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE and Elisabeth-Angelique GRENIER 12 February 1733, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 23 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Joseph-Jacques HEROUX was born 11 September 1734, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jacques was 24 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Etienne HEROUX dit BOURGUINVILLE was born 12 April 1736, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jacques was 26 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte HEROUX was born 17 June 1738, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jacques was 28 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Francoise HEROUX dite BOURGAINVILLE was born 25 October 1740, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jacques was 30 years old.

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

1759 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Jacques HEROUX married 19 November 1759 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Marie-Josephte SYLVESTRE

1761 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte HEROUX married 1 February 1761, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Etienne-Claude CROISETIERE

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.