Joseph BILLY dit COURVILLE

(b. 19 February 1716 , Champlain, Canada, New France d. 9 February 1770 , Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph BILLY dit COURVILLE was born 19 February 1716 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Joseph BILLY dit COURVILLE was the child of Jean Francois BILLY dit COURVILLE and Marguerite VIENS JEAN VIVIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François BILLY (DUBILLY) and Catherine-Marguerite DELAMARCHE (DELAMARRE) (maternal) Vivien JEAN and Catherine GATEAU

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Joseph married Genevieve-Elisabeth PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL 23 November 1739 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France . Genevieve-Elisabeth PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL was born 13 November 1712 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine). Genevieve-Elisabeth was the child of Nicolas PERROT (PERRAULT) dit TURBAL and Marguerite-Thérèse BOURBEAU.

Joseph BILLY dit COURVILLE died 9 February 1770 in Champlain, Province of Québec, 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 BILLY dit COURVILLE married

Genevieve-Elisabeth PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL-- Date: 23 November 1739 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France
Genevieve-Elisabeth PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL was the child of Nicolas PERROT (PERRAULT) dit TURBAL and Marguerite-Thérèse BOURBEAU

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1716 Birth
19 February 1716
Champlain, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1739 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BILLY dit COURVILLE and Genevieve-Elisabeth PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL 23 November 1739, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 23 years old.

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.