Jacques PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR

(b. 1 December 1756 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 8 May 1791 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada )

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Jacques PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR was born 1 December 1756 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jacques PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR was the child of René PINSONNEAULT and Angélique BEAUDIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Elisabeth BOURASSA (maternal) Guillaume BAUDIN (BEAUDIN) and Marie-Angélique DUPUIS

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

Jacques married Josephte LEVESQUE 19 January 1784 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte LEVESQUE was born abt. 1764 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Josephte was the child of Charles LEVESQUE and Marie-Elisabeth BÉRIAU (BERIAULT).

Jacques PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR died 8 May 1791 in Saint-Constant, 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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Jacques PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR married

Josephte LEVESQUE-- Date: 19 January 1784 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte LEVESQUE was the child of Charles LEVESQUE and Marie-Elisabeth BÉRIAU (BERIAULT)

Children of Jacques PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR and Josephte LEVESQUE:

Josephte PINSONNEAULT (b.12 July 1785, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 December 1871, La Prairie, Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph LOISELLE dit SINOTTE 16 September 1805 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1756 Birth
1 December 1756
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Jacques PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR and Josephte LEVESQUE 19 January 1784, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 27 years old.

1785 Birth of Child
Josephte PINSONNEAULT was born 12 July 1785, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 28 years old.