Jean-Baptiste PROVENCHER dit VILLEBRUN

(b. abt. 1744 , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 September 1823 , Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PROVENCHER dit VILLEBRUN was born abt. 1744 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste PROVENCHER dit VILLEBRUN was the child of Simon PROVENCHER and Madeleine LEFEBVRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Sebastien PROVENCHER and Marie-Anne MASSÉ (maternal) René LEFEBVRE and Gabrielle FOUCAULT

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Jean-Baptiste married Jeanne FOUCAULT dite LEMIRE 6 July 1767 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Jeanne FOUCAULT dite LEMIRE was born 20 April 1748 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Jeanne died 10 January 1820 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Jeanne was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEMIRE dit FOUCAULT and Marie-Catherine PINARD.

Jean-Baptiste PROVENCHER dit VILLEBRUN died 9 September 1823 in Nicolet, 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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Jeanne FOUCAULT dite LEMIRE-- Date: 6 July 1767 Place: Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Jeanne FOUCAULT dite LEMIRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEMIRE dit FOUCAULT and Marie-Catherine PINARD

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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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PROVENCHER dit VILLEBRUN and Jeanne FOUCAULT dite LEMIRE 6 July 1767, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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.