Jean-Baptiste DUGAS dit LABRECHE

(b. 16 September 1714 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 27 December 1807 , Oka, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DUGAS dit LABRECHE was born 16 September 1714 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DUGAS dit LABRECHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUGAS dit LABRÈCHE and Marie-Charlotte VANDANDAIGUE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph VAN DEN DYKE (VANDANDAIGUE) dit GADBOIS and Louise CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR)

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Jean-Baptiste married Monique-Veronique BLAIS 9 June 1749 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France . Monique-Veronique BLAIS was born 28 February 1727 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Monique-Veronique was the child of Louis-Charles BLAIS and Marguerite CADIEUX.

Jean-Baptiste DUGAS dit LABRECHE died 27 December 1807 in Oka, Lower Canada .

m. Blais Monique-Veronique

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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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Monique-Veronique BLAIS-- Date: 9 June 1749 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France
Monique-Veronique BLAIS was the child of Louis-Charles BLAIS and Marguerite CADIEUX

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1714 Birth
16 September 1714
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1749 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DUGAS dit LABRECHE and Monique-Veronique BLAIS 9 June 1749, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 34 years old.

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.

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.