Jean-Baptiste BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE

(b. abt. 1737 , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 February 1776 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE was born abt. 1737 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE was the child of Joseph BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE and Marguerite-Agathe BIGOT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BOURBEAU dit LACOURSE and Anne BENARD dite BOURJOLI (maternal) François BIGOT and Marie-Anne PERROT (PERRAULT)

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Jean-Baptiste married Therese BELAND 31 October 1760 in Québec Province, Canada . Therese BELAND was born 22 September 1732 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Therese died 2 March 1800 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Therese was the child of Mathurin BÉLAND and Jeanne MOREL.

Jean-Baptiste BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE died 7 February 1776 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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Therese BELAND-- Date: 31 October 1760 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Therese BELAND was the child of Mathurin BÉLAND and Jeanne MOREL

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BOURBEAU dit BEAUCHESNE and Therese BELAND 31 October 1760 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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.

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.