Louis-Marie CLEMENT dit LABONTE

(b. 8 July 1734 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 2 June 1812 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Marie CLEMENT dit LABONTE was born 8 July 1734 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Louis-Marie CLEMENT dit LABONTE was the child of Louis CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ and Madeleine PLANTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Leonard CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ and Marie-Jeanne MORISSET (maternal) Pierre PLANTE and Marguerite PATENAUDE

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Louis-Marie married Genevieve GOSSELIN 9 January 1758 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Genevieve GOSSELIN was born 22 December 1734 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Genevieve died 10 January 1826 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Genevieve was the child of Pierre-Joseph GOSSELIN and Elisabeth CASSE (LACASSE).

Louis-Marie CLEMENT dit LABONTE died 2 June 1812 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Louis-Marie CLEMENT dit LABONTE married

Genevieve GOSSELIN-- Date: 9 January 1758 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Genevieve GOSSELIN was the child of Pierre-Joseph GOSSELIN and Elisabeth CASSE (LACASSE)

Children of Louis-Marie CLEMENT dit LABONTE and Genevieve GOSSELIN:

Geneviève CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ (b.26 October 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 15 May 1840, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada )
m. Augustin GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE 8 February 1774 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Louis CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ (b.1 January 1762, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada d. 7 September 1855, Saint-Henri, Canada East )
m. Marie-Anne FORTIER 3 March 1783 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)
m. Geneviève BOULANGER dite LEFEBVRE 15 February 1803 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ (b.abt. 1764, , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 March 1847, Saint-Henri, Canada East )
m. François-Regis CHATIGNY 16 February 1784 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

Augustin LABONTE (b.21 March 1775, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 February 1842, Saint-Henri, Canada East )
m. Louise FORTIER 4 July 1796 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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1734 Birth
8 July 1734
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Marie CLEMENT dit LABONTE and Genevieve GOSSELIN 9 January 1758, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Geneviève CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ was born 26 October 1758, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Louis-Marie was 24 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Louis CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ was born 1 January 1762, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Louis-Marie was 27 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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Geneviève CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ married 8 February 1774, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Augustin GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE

1775 Birth of Child
Augustin LABONTE was born 21 March 1775, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Louis-Marie was 40 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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Louis CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ married 3 March 1783, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon) to Marie-Anne FORTIER

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne CLEMENT dite LABONTÉ married 16 February 1784, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon) to François-Regis CHATIGNY

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

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

1796 Marriage of Child
Augustin LABONTE married 4 July 1796, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon) to Louise FORTIER

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

1803 Marriage of Child
Louis CLEMENT dit LABONTÉ married 15 February 1803, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Geneviève BOULANGER dite LEFEBVRE