Jean-Baptiste BERLOIN dit NANTEL

(b. 5 August 1725 , Repentigny, Canada, New France d. 13 January 1786 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BERLOIN dit NANTEL was born 5 August 1725 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BERLOIN dit NANTEL was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERLOIN dit NANTEL and Elisabeth GOULET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BERLOIN dit NANTEL and Marguerite FORGET (maternal) Thomas GOULET and Marie-Marguerite-Louise PANTATLIN (PANCATELIN) (PANTACLIN)

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Catherine GRATTON 11 January 1751 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Catherine GRATTON was born abt. 1731 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Catherine died 12 January 1788 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Catherine was the child of Louis GRATTON and Catherine ROCHON.

Jean-Baptiste BERLOIN dit NANTEL died 13 January 1786 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Gratton Marie-Catherine

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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 BERLOIN dit NANTEL married

Marie-Catherine GRATTON-- Date: 11 January 1751 Place: Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Marie-Catherine GRATTON was the child of Louis GRATTON and Catherine ROCHON

Children of Jean-Baptiste BERLOIN dit NANTEL and Marie-Catherine GRATTON:

Louis BERLOIN dit NANTEL (b.24 October 1765, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Archange BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE 11 November 1794 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1725 Birth
5 August 1725
Repentigny, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BERLOIN dit NANTEL and Marie-Catherine GRATTON 11 January 1751, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

He was 25 years old.

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.

1765 Birth of Child
Louis BERLOIN dit NANTEL was born 24 October 1765, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Jean-Baptiste was 40 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.