Jean-Baptiste POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE

(b. 19 September 1757 , Chambly, Canada, New France d. 25 April 1812 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE was born 19 September 1757 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE was the child of Louis POIRIER and Veronique FAVREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Daniel POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE and Catherine VIGER (maternal) Nicolas FAVREAU and Marguerite LACOSTE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Madeleine SENEZ dite LALIBERTE 26 September 1785 in Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Madeleine SENEZ dite LALIBERTE was born 28 October 1761 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste SENET (SENEZ) and Madeleine GUYON dite LEMOINE.

Jean-Baptiste POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE died 25 April 1812 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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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Jean-Baptiste POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE married

Marie-Madeleine SENEZ dite LALIBERTE-- Date: 26 September 1785 Place: Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Madeleine SENEZ dite LALIBERTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste SENET (SENEZ) and Madeleine GUYON dite LEMOINE

Children of Jean-Baptiste POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE and Marie-Madeleine SENEZ dite LALIBERTE:

Jean-Baptiste POIRIER (b.4 June 1789, Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 March 1861, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Louise BLANCHARD dite RENAUD 22 June 1812 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Marguerite POIRIER (b.21 August 1797, Beloeil, Lower Canada d. , )
m. François-Jacques BLANCHARD dit RENAUD 18 November 1817 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

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1757 Birth
19 September 1757
Chambly, Canada, New France

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE and Marie-Madeleine SENEZ dite LALIBERTE 26 September 1785, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

He was 28 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste POIRIER was born 4 June 1789, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

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

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

1797 Birth of Child
Marguerite POIRIER was born 21 August 1797, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

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