Joseph BRISEBOIS dit DUBOIS

(b. 25 August 1749 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 29 April 1837 , Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Lower Canada )

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Joseph BRISEBOIS dit DUBOIS was born 25 August 1749 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Joseph BRISEBOIS dit DUBOIS was the child of Louis DUBOIS dit BRISEBOIS and Suzanne LEBLANC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DUBOIS dit BRISEBOIS and Marguerite ANDRE dite ST-MICHEL (maternal) Charles LEBLANC and Suzanne BON dite LACOMBE

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

Joseph married Marie-Angelique PLOUFFE 28 January 1771 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Angelique PLOUFFE was born 16 January 1754 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Marie-Angelique died 10 June 1825 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Marie-Angelique was the child of Maurice PLOUFFE and Marie-Angelique MÉNARD.

Joseph BRISEBOIS dit DUBOIS died 29 April 1837 in Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Lower 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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Joseph BRISEBOIS dit DUBOIS married

Marie-Angelique PLOUFFE-- Date: 28 January 1771 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Angelique PLOUFFE was the child of Maurice PLOUFFE and Marie-Angelique MÉNARD

Children of Joseph BRISEBOIS dit DUBOIS and Marie-Angelique PLOUFFE:

Genevieve BRISEBOIS (b.28 September 1776, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 May 1862, Saint-Hermas, Mirabel, Canada East)
m. Pierre CYR 10 October 1796 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

Hippolyte-Apolline BRISEBOIS (b.17 January 1779, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph-Marie SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE 12 February 1798 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

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1749 Birth
25 August 1749
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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BRISEBOIS dit DUBOIS and Marie-Angelique PLOUFFE 28 January 1771, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 21 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Genevieve BRISEBOIS was born 28 September 1776, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Joseph was 27 years old.

1779 Birth of Child
Hippolyte-Apolline BRISEBOIS was born 17 January 1779, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 29 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1796 Marriage of Child
Genevieve BRISEBOIS married 10 October 1796, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima) to Pierre CYR

1798 Marriage of Child
Hippolyte-Apolline BRISEBOIS married 12 February 1798, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima) to Joseph-Marie SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)