Bonaventure LEMIRE dit MARSOLET

(b. 8 March 1733 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 19 June 1809 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada )

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Bonaventure LEMIRE dit MARSOLET was born 8 March 1733 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Bonaventure LEMIRE dit MARSOLET was the child of Joseph LEMIRE dit MARSOLAIS and Madeleine GAUDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE and Françoise-Louise FOUCAULT (maternal) Jacques GAUDRY dit DANOIS and Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Bonaventure married Marie-Josephe SENEZ 3 February 1760 in L'Assomption, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe SENEZ was born 14 May 1740 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Marie-Josephe died 8 August 1824 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Josephe was the child of Jean-Baptiste SENET (SENEZ) and Marie-Josephe CHAPUT.

Bonaventure LEMIRE dit MARSOLET died 19 June 1809 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada .

m. Senez Marie-Josephe

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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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Bonaventure LEMIRE dit MARSOLET married

Marie-Josephe SENEZ-- Date: 3 February 1760 Place: L'Assomption, Canada
Marie-Josephe SENEZ was the child of Jean-Baptiste SENET (SENEZ) and Marie-Josephe CHAPUT

Children of Bonaventure LEMIRE dit MARSOLET and Marie-Josephe SENEZ:

Bonaventure LEMIRE (b.2 August 1765, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Helene ROUSSIN 26 April 1808 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1733 Birth
8 March 1733
Varennes, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Bonaventure LEMIRE dit MARSOLET and Marie-Josephe SENEZ 3 February 1760, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 26 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Bonaventure LEMIRE was born 2 August 1765, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Bonaventure was 32 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.