Jean-Baptiste LAPLANTE dit CHAMPAGNE

(b. 16 November 1728 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 21 February 1804 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LAPLANTE dit CHAMPAGNE was born 16 November 1728 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LAPLANTE dit CHAMPAGNE was the child of Thomas-Bonaventure LAPLANTE dit CHAMPAGNE and Marie-Romaine BARBEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) François BARBEAU and Marie-Marguerite HEDOUIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Catherine GROTON dite ST-ONGE 12 January 1756 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Catherine GROTON dite ST-ONGE was born 30 August 1733 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Catherine died 2 July 1821 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Marie-Catherine was the child of Dominique GROTON and Marie-Catherine FRETE dite LAMOTHE.

Jean-Baptiste LAPLANTE dit CHAMPAGNE died 21 February 1804 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, 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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Jean-Baptiste LAPLANTE dit CHAMPAGNE married

Marie-Catherine GROTON dite ST-ONGE-- Date: 12 January 1756 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Catherine GROTON dite ST-ONGE was the child of Dominique GROTON and Marie-Catherine FRETE dite LAMOTHE

Children of Jean-Baptiste LAPLANTE dit CHAMPAGNE and Marie-Catherine GROTON dite ST-ONGE:

Marie-Louise LAPLANTE (b.24 April 1767, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre ETHIER 12 January 1789 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

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1728 Birth
16 November 1728
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LAPLANTE dit CHAMPAGNE and Marie-Catherine GROTON dite ST-ONGE 12 January 1756, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

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.

1767 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LAPLANTE was born 24 April 1767, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 38 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.