Jean-Baptiste-Elie VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL

(b. abt. 1737 , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 October 1812 , Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste-Elie VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL was born abt. 1737 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste-Elie VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL was the child of Elie VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL and Claire DUMAS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Charles DUMAS and Marie-Angélique CHAUVIN

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Jean-Baptiste-Elie married Marie-Anne FOUCAULT dite LEMIRE 7 January 1765 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Anne FOUCAULT dite LEMIRE was born 10 September 1746 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Marie-Anne died 13 January 1815 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEMIRE dit FOUCAULT and Marie-Catherine PINARD.

Jean-Baptiste-Elie VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL died 8 October 1812 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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Marie-Anne FOUCAULT dite LEMIRE-- Date: 7 January 1765 Place: Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste-Elie VILAT dit BEAUSOLEIL and Marie-Anne FOUCAULT dite LEMIRE 7 January 1765, 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.