Joseph ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ

(b. 21 September 1732 , Deschaillons, Canada, New France d. 27 November 1804 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Joseph ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ was born 21 September 1732 in Deschaillons, Canada, New France

Joseph ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ was the child of Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ and Marie-Marguerite LEBOEUF and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gaspard ROIROUX dit LALIBERTÉ and Marguerite HÉBERT dite LAVERDURE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LEBOEUF and Marie-Thérèse LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT

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

Joseph married Therese HUBERT 15 February 1768 in Deschaillons, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese HUBERT was born 29 September 1746 in Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons). Therese died 26 December 1818 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Therese was the child of Jean-Baptiste HUBERT and Marie-Thérèse ROY dite PORTELANCE.

Joseph ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ died 27 November 1804 in Québec Province, 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 ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ married

Therese HUBERT-- Date: 15 February 1768 Place: Deschaillons, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese HUBERT was the child of Jean-Baptiste HUBERT and Marie-Thérèse ROY dite PORTELANCE

Children of Joseph ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ and Therese HUBERT:

Joseph ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ (b.8 November 1769, Deschaillons, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 August 1851, Deschaillons, Canada East )
m. Josephte MORAND dite DOUVILLE 4 June 1804 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

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1732 Birth
21 September 1732
Deschaillons, Canada, New France

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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ and Therese HUBERT 15 February 1768, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

He was 35 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Joseph ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ was born 8 November 1769, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

Joseph was 37 years old.

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.