Marielle Côté-Gendreau, auteur/autrice sur Généalogie et histoire du Québec

Witnessing history through parish registers: The 1885 smallpox epidemic

Marielle Côté-Gendreau — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 23:00:44 +0000

Smallpox was a highly contagious and often fatal disease which was a real plague in several regions of the world until its eradication in 1979. Its impact on Quebec during its colonial period was discussed in the first part of this article. An 1802 cartoon of the early controversy surrounding Edward Jenner’s vaccination theory, showing using …

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Witnessing history through parish registers: Smallpox in the colonial era

Marielle Côté-Gendreau — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 22:05:44 +0000

Smallpox is a highly contagious and often fatal disease which was a real plague in several regions of the world until its eradication in 1979. It has invaded the French Canadian population on numerous occasions since the start of the colony, wreaking havoc in parishes. It is under the names of petite vérole or picot(t)e …

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Witnessing history through parish registers: The cholera epidemic of 1832-1834

Marielle Côté-Gendreau — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 17:39:26 +0000

Contagious diseases have affected Quebec several times since the 17th century. Epidemics certainly bring their share of deaths, but each one of them contributes to the evolution of public health measures and beliefs about immunity. This article tells the story of the cholera epidemic that struck Quebec in 1832, and to a lesser extent in …

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Witnessing history through parish registers: The French and Indian War, Part 2

Marielle Côté-Gendreau — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:54:03 +0000

The Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) marks a turning point for New France, which changes hands. The first part of this blog article narrated, via the parish registers of the Catholic Church, the events that led to the assault of Quebec City. We pick up the story in September 1759, at the Battle of the Plains of …

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Witnessing history through parish registers: The French and Indian War, Part 1

Marielle Côté-Gendreau — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:54:05 +0000

The destiny of the French colonies in North America was forged by their conflicts with the British Empire and the American colonies. These conflicts left their mark in the parish registers, which remain a constant throughout centuries of change. This article is the first of a series aiming to illustrate the historiographical power of parish …

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From Pascal to Noël: The impact of the calendar on your ancestors’ names

Marielle Côté-Gendreau — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 16:34:23 +0000

In French Canada, the religious calendar punctuates daily life until the 20th century. This influence is also conspicuous in the first names given to children. The baptisms recorded in Quebec between 1621 and 1849, available on PRDH-IGD, account for this phenomenon. Christmas babies named Noël, Noëlla or Marie-Noëlle are the best-known example. This blog post will track religious and other seasonal events …

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Understanding the linguistic variation in your ancestors’ names

Marielle Côté-Gendreau — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 17:04:32 +0000

Your genealogical research might have left you with the impression that your ancestors liked to change names quite often. The concept of “dit names”, which was the subject of a previous blog post, sheds light on a part of this variation, which can be obscure to a present-day observer. Although baptism was the cornerstone of civil identity …

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