Joseph-Michel LEBRET dit ST-AMAND

(b. 10 June 1745 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. 10 February 1828 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Michel LEBRET dit ST-AMAND was born 10 June 1745 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Joseph-Michel LEBRET dit ST-AMAND was the child of Michel LEBRET dit ST-AMAND and Catherine GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (maternal) Alexis GAGNÉ and Marie-Catherine CLOUTIER

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Joseph-Michel married Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 13 January 1772 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was born 8 June 1745 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Catherine was the child of Pierre MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS.

Joseph-Michel LEBRET dit ST-AMAND died 10 February 1828 in La Pocatière, 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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Joseph-Michel LEBRET dit ST-AMAND married

Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES-- Date: 13 January 1772 Place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES was the child of Pierre MIVILLE dit DESCHÊNES and Marie-Anne ROY dite DESJARDINS

Children of Joseph-Michel LEBRET dit ST-AMAND and Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES:

Marie-Catherine LEBRET dite ST-AMAND (b.19 December 1772, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 April 1835, L'Isle-Verte, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Jerome DUPUIS 14 May 1793 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Augustin ST-AMAND (b.31 January 1784, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 October 1863, Sainte-Flavie, Canada East)
m. Marguerite HARVEY 2 September 1812 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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1745 Birth
10 June 1745
La Pocatière, 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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Michel LEBRET dit ST-AMAND and Catherine MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 13 January 1772, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 26 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine LEBRET dite ST-AMAND was born 19 December 1772, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Joseph-Michel was 27 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Augustin ST-AMAND was born 31 January 1784, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Joseph-Michel was 38 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine LEBRET dite ST-AMAND married 14 May 1793, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Louis-Jerome DUPUIS

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1812 Marriage of Child
Augustin ST-AMAND married 2 September 1812, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Marguerite HARVEY

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)