François BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN

(b. 18 August 1724 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 8 September 1788 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )

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François BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN was born 18 August 1724 in Québec, Canada, New France

François BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN was the child of Louis BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN and Marguerite BOISSEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BOURBEAU dit LACOURSE and Anne BENARD dite BOURJOLI (maternal) Claude BOISSEL and Marguerite MORIN

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François married Marie-Louise GENEST dite LABARRE 9 January 1753 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Louise GENEST dite LABARRE was born 30 July 1731 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise died 18 May 1799 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Louise was the child of Jacques GENEST dit LABARRE and Louise GODIN dite DESROCHES.

François BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN died 8 September 1788 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of François BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN

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François BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN married

Marie-Louise GENEST dite LABARRE-- Date: 9 January 1753 Place: Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France

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Marie-Louise GENEST dite LABARRE was the child of Jacques GENEST dit LABARRE and Louise GODIN dite DESROCHES

Children of François BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN and Marie-Louise GENEST dite LABARRE:

Jean-Baptiste BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN (b.30 September 1753, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France d. 21 April 1833, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Catherine HAMEL 8 January 1781 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Joseph CARIGNAN dit BOURBEAU (b.3 April 1763, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 February 1847, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Marie-Madeleine LACOURSE dite DAVID 23 February 1789 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1724 Birth
18 August 1724
Québec, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Marriage / Partner
François BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN and Marie-Louise GENEST dite LABARRE 9 January 1753 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1753 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN was born 30 September 1753, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

François was 29 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Joseph CARIGNAN dit BOURBEAU was born 3 April 1763, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

François was 38 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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN married 8 January 1781, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Marie-Catherine HAMEL

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)