Jean-Baptiste DESJARDINS dit LAMARCHE

(b. abt. 1714 , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 April 1789 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DESJARDINS dit LAMARCHE was born abt. 1714 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste DESJARDINS dit LAMARCHE was the child of Pierre DESJARDINS dit LAMARCHE and Élisabeth DROUET dite GRANDMAISON and the grandchild of: (maternal) Mathurin DROUET dit GRANDMAISON and Marie-Louise BARDOU (BARDEAU)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Genevieve LUSSIER 8 January 1753 in Varennes, Canada, New France . Marie-Genevieve LUSSIER was born 5 November 1712 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Genevieve died 24 March 1783 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Genevieve was the child of Jacques LUSSIER and Marie SENECAL.

Jean-Baptiste DESJARDINS dit LAMARCHE died 24 April 1789 in Varennes, 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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Marie-Genevieve LUSSIER-- Date: 8 January 1753 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France
Marie-Genevieve LUSSIER was the child of Jacques LUSSIER and Marie SENECAL

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DESJARDINS dit LAMARCHE and Marie-Genevieve LUSSIER 8 January 1753, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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.

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.