Joseph VIENS dit JEAN

(b. 7 August 1725 , Champlain, Canada, New France d. 26 March 1763 , Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph VIENS dit JEAN was born 7 August 1725 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Joseph VIENS dit JEAN was the child of Joseph VIENS dit JEAN and Jacqueline BILLY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Vivien JEAN and Catherine GATEAU (maternal) Jean-François BILLY (DUBILLY) and Catherine-Marguerite DELAMARCHE (DELAMARRE)

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Joseph married Marguerite BEAUFORT dite LIMOUSIN 9 November 1751 in Champlain, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite BEAUFORT dite LIMOUSIN was born 11 August 1729 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Marguerite died 15 November 1808 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marguerite was the child of Joseph LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT and Marie-Josephte DUBOIS.

Joseph VIENS dit JEAN died 26 March 1763 in Champlain, 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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Joseph VIENS dit JEAN married

Marguerite BEAUFORT dite LIMOUSIN-- Date: 9 November 1751 Place: Champlain, Canada, New France
Marguerite BEAUFORT dite LIMOUSIN was the child of Joseph LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT and Marie-Josephte DUBOIS

Children of Joseph VIENS dit JEAN and Marguerite BEAUFORT dite LIMOUSIN:

Marie-Josephte VIENS (b.23 May 1762, Champlain, Canada d. 30 August 1799, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE 31 October 1785 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1725 Birth
7 August 1725
Champlain, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Joseph VIENS dit JEAN and Marguerite BEAUFORT dite LIMOUSIN 9 November 1751 , Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

He was 26 years old.