Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHERS

(b. 17 October 1771 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 October 1802 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHERS was born 17 October 1771 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHERS was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Françoise BOUVIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Marie-Anne-Josephte VAUDRY (maternal) Michel BOUVIER and Catherine EMERY dite CODERRE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Geneviève HUOT 19 October 1795 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève HUOT was born 20 September 1773 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Geneviève died 20 May 1810 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Geneviève was the child of Louis HUOT and Marie-Thérèse PARADIS.

Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHERS died 11 October 1802 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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 BRIEN dit DESROCHERS married

Geneviève HUOT-- Date: 19 October 1795 Place: Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Geneviève HUOT was the child of Louis HUOT and Marie-Thérèse PARADIS

Children of Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHERS and Geneviève HUOT:

Marie-Anne BRIEN dite DESROCHERS (b.abt. 1797, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Dominque BELISLE dit LEVASSEUR 18 February 1817 in La Présentation, Québec, Canada (La Presentation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge)

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1771 Birth
17 October 1771
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, 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)

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

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

1795 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHERS and Geneviève HUOT 19 October 1795, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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