Jean-Baptiste LAURENT dit LORTIE

(b. 8 April 1724 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 16 August 1770 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LAURENT dit LORTIE was born 8 April 1724 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LAURENT dit LORTIE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAURENT dit LORTIE and Louise CHORET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean LAURENT dit LORTIE ET LEBASQUE and Marie-Madeleine CHARDON (maternal) Ignace CHORET and Marie BÉLANGER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise-Genevieve CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) 31 January 1752 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise-Genevieve CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) was born 8 April 1735 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Louise-Genevieve died 18 September 1819 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise-Genevieve was the child of Joseph CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) and Marguerite-Veronique PARENT.

Jean-Baptiste LAURENT dit LORTIE died 16 August 1770 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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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Jean-Baptiste LAURENT dit LORTIE married

Marie-Louise-Genevieve CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX)-- Date: 31 January 1752 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise-Genevieve CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) was the child of Joseph CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) and Marguerite-Veronique PARENT

Children of Jean-Baptiste LAURENT dit LORTIE and Marie-Louise-Genevieve CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX):

Pierre LAURENT dit LORTIE (b.20 July 1754, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France d. 5 August 1815, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada)
m. Madeleine GRAVEL 4 July 1774 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1724 Birth
8 April 1724
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LAURENT dit LORTIE and Marie-Louise-Genevieve CHALIFOUR (CHALIFOUX) 31 January 1752, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 27 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Pierre LAURENT dit LORTIE was born 20 July 1754, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

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.