Joseph GENEST dit LABARRE

(b. abt. 1756 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France d. 16 September 1819 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Joseph GENEST dit LABARRE was born abt. 1756 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Joseph GENEST dit LABARRE was the child of Joseph GENEST dit LABARRE and Agathe BOURBEAU dite VERVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques GENEST dit LABARRE and Marie-Madeleine-Michelle ARSENAULT (maternal) Pierre BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE and Marie PROVENCHER

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Joseph married Josephte MARCHETEAU dite DESNOYERS 22 November 1779 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte MARCHETEAU dite DESNOYERS was born 15 September 1754 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Josephte died 23 August 1826 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Josephte was the child of Pierre MARCHETEAU dit DESNOYERS and Marie-Anne DUREAU (DURAUX) dite POITEVIN.

Joseph GENEST dit LABARRE died 16 September 1819 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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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Joseph GENEST dit LABARRE married

Josephte MARCHETEAU dite DESNOYERS-- Date: 22 November 1779 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte MARCHETEAU dite DESNOYERS was the child of Pierre MARCHETEAU dit DESNOYERS and Marie-Anne DUREAU (DURAUX) dite POITEVIN

Children of Joseph GENEST dit LABARRE and Josephte MARCHETEAU dite DESNOYERS:

François GENEST dit LABARRE (b.16 September 1782, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 May 1837, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise RHEAULT 10 October 1803 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GENEST dit LABARRE and Josephte MARCHETEAU dite DESNOYERS 22 November 1779, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1782 Birth of Child
François GENEST dit LABARRE was born 16 September 1782, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1803 Marriage of Child
François GENEST dit LABARRE married 10 October 1803, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Marie-Louise RHEAULT

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.