Jean-Baptiste BELANGER dit BONSECOUR

(b. abt. 1745 , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 March 1821 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BELANGER dit BONSECOUR was born abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste BELANGER dit BONSECOUR was the child of Jean-Francois BELANGER and Marie-Louise CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BELANGER and Geneviève CLOUTIER (maternal) François CARON and Marie-Geneviève DOMINGO

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Jean-Baptiste married Rosalie BERNIER 2 June 1764 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Rosalie BERNIER was born 1 September 1745 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Rosalie died 17 March 1832 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Rosalie was the child of Louis BERNIER and Marguerite-Francoise LEMIEUX.

Jean-Baptiste BELANGER dit BONSECOUR died 19 March 1821 in L'Islet, Lower Canada .

m. Bernier Rosalie

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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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Jean-Baptiste BELANGER dit BONSECOUR married

Rosalie BERNIER-- Date: 2 June 1764 Place: L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Rosalie BERNIER was the child of Louis BERNIER and Marguerite-Francoise LEMIEUX

Children of Jean-Baptiste BELANGER dit BONSECOUR and Rosalie BERNIER:

Marie-Theotiste BELANGER dite BONSECOUR (b.22 October 1767, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Louis-Raphael RICHARD 3 March 1794 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Marie-Françoise BELANGER (b.23 March 1773, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 August 1837, L'Islet, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph CLOUTIER 16 October 1798 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BELANGER dit BONSECOUR and Rosalie BERNIER 2 June 1764, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

1767 Birth of Child
Marie-Theotiste BELANGER dite BONSECOUR was born 22 October 1767, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

1773 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise BELANGER was born 23 March 1773, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Marie-Theotiste BELANGER dite BONSECOUR married 3 March 1794, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Louis-Raphael RICHARD

1798 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise BELANGER married 16 October 1798, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Joseph CLOUTIER

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England