Jean-Baptiste BIGOT dit DUVAL

(b. 13 December 1715 , Champlain, Canada, New France d. 21 January 1777 , Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BIGOT dit DUVAL was born 13 December 1715 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BIGOT dit DUVAL was the child of Jean-Baptiste BIGOT and Anne-Celeste TURCOT (TURCOTTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BIGOT dit LAMOTHE and Marie BOUCHARD dite DORVAL (maternal) Jacques TURCOT (TURCOTTE) and Marie-Anne DESROSIERS

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Jean-Baptiste married Genevieve DIZY dite MONTPLAISIR 7 November 1763 in Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada . Genevieve DIZY dite MONTPLAISIR was born 22 August 1736 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Genevieve died 4 November 1800 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Genevieve was the child of François DIZY dit MONTPLAISIR and Geneviève BRISSET.

Jean-Baptiste BIGOT dit DUVAL died 21 January 1777 in Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Dizy Genevieve

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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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Genevieve DIZY dite MONTPLAISIR-- Date: 7 November 1763 Place: Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada
Genevieve DIZY dite MONTPLAISIR was the child of François DIZY dit MONTPLAISIR and Geneviève BRISSET

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1715 Birth
13 December 1715
Champlain, Canada, New France

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

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BIGOT dit DUVAL and Genevieve DIZY dite MONTPLAISIR 7 November 1763, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

He was 47 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.