Joseph ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU

(b. 16 March 1735 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 4 October 1792 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )

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Joseph ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU was born 16 March 1735 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Joseph ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU was the child of Jacques ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU and Marie-Madeleine MIVILLE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Bernard MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Madeleine DUBE

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Joseph married Angelique HOUDE 20 October 1766 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Angelique HOUDE was born abt. 1718 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Angelique died 7 September 1792 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Angelique was the child of Étienne HOUDE and Ursule-Élisabeth DENEVERS.

Joseph ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU died 4 October 1792 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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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Angelique HOUDE-- Date: 20 October 1766 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Angelique HOUDE was the child of Étienne HOUDE and Ursule-Élisabeth DENEVERS

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1735 Birth
16 March 1735
Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU and Angelique HOUDE 20 October 1766, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 31 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.