Jean-Baptiste SERAT dit COQUILLARD

(b. 30 September 1716 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 15 June 1771 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste SERAT dit COQUILLARD was born 30 September 1716 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste SERAT dit COQUILLARD was the child of François SERAT dit COQUILLARD and Françoise ACHIM dite BARDET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre SERAT dit COQUILLARD and Françoise SABOURIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Madeleine JOURDAIN 26 April 1740 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine JOURDAIN was born 9 October 1719 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Madeleine died 24 July 1791 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Madeleine was the child of Guillaume-Alexandre JOURDAIN and Marie-Angelique ROY.

Jean-Baptiste SERAT dit COQUILLARD died 15 June 1771 in Montréal, 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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Jean-Baptiste SERAT dit COQUILLARD married

Madeleine JOURDAIN-- Date: 26 April 1740 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Madeleine JOURDAIN was the child of Guillaume-Alexandre JOURDAIN and Marie-Angelique ROY

Children of Jean-Baptiste SERAT dit COQUILLARD and Madeleine JOURDAIN:

Joseph SERAT dit COQUILLARD (b.27 May 1742, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 24 June 1796, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Charlotte ROY dite PORTELANCE 29 July 1765 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

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1716 Birth
30 September 1716
Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1740 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste SERAT dit COQUILLARD and Madeleine JOURDAIN 26 April 1740, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Joseph SERAT dit COQUILLARD was born 27 May 1742, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Joseph SERAT dit COQUILLARD married 29 July 1765, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Marie-Charlotte ROY dite PORTELANCE