Francois LIBERSAN dit LAVIOLETTE

(b. 10 October 1736 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 24 February 1790 , Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Francois LIBERSAN dit LAVIOLETTE was born 10 October 1736 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Francois LIBERSAN dit LAVIOLETTE was the child of Antoine LIBERSAN dit LAVIOLETTE and Jeanne-Anne DEVOYAU dite LAFRAMBOISE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Léonard LIBERSAN dit LAVIOLETTE and Jeanne BEAUDRY (maternal) Pierre DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE and Marie-Jeanne PREVOST

Francois LIBERSAN dit LAVIOLETTE died 24 February 1790 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Demers Marie-Angelique

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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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1736 Birth
10 October 1736
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

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.

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.