Joseph MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE

(b. 27 September 1766 , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 August 1799 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Joseph MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE was born 27 September 1766 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE was the child of Francois MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE and Josephte CORBEIL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE and Marie-Angelique CHEVALIER (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CORBEIL and Marie-Françoise BOULARD

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Joseph married Marie-Marguerite SERRE dite ST-JEAN 28 January 1788 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Marguerite SERRE dite ST-JEAN was born 23 January 1760 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Marguerite died 11 October 1822 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Marie-Marguerite was the child of Pierre-Andre SERRE dit ST-JEAN and Madeleine BONNIER dite LAPLANTE.

Joseph MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE died 1 August 1799 in Québec Province, Canada.

m. Serre Marie-Marguerite

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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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Marie-Marguerite SERRE dite ST-JEAN-- Date: 28 January 1788 Place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Marguerite SERRE dite ST-JEAN was the child of Pierre-Andre SERRE dit ST-JEAN and Madeleine BONNIER dite LAPLANTE

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1766 Birth
27 September 1766
Québec Province, Canada

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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE and Marie-Marguerite SERRE dite ST-JEAN 28 January 1788, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 21 years old.

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

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