Jean-Baptiste BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ

(b. 26 February 1725 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 20 April 1805 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ was born 26 February 1725 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ was the child of Gabriel BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ and Marie-Madeleine LORY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ and Marie DENOYON (maternal) François LORY and Marie-Anne BAUNE (BEAULNE)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite GAGNE 6 October 1750 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite GAGNE was born 17 September 1730 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marguerite died 14 February 1788 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marguerite was the child of Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE and Anne-Jeanne TESSIER.

Jean-Baptiste BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ died 20 April 1805 in La Prairie, 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 BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ married

Marguerite GAGNE-- Date: 6 October 1750 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Marguerite GAGNE was the child of Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE and Anne-Jeanne TESSIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ and Marguerite GAGNE:

René-Pascal BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ (b.13 August 1755, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 25 May 1837, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephte LEMIEUX 10 February 1777 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Archange BARBEAU (b.17 August 1760, Saint-Constant, Canada d. 29 September 1830, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre DEMERS 15 November 1779 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1725 Birth
26 February 1725
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ and Marguerite GAGNE 6 October 1750, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 25 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
René-Pascal BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ was born 13 August 1755, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marie-Archange BARBEAU was born 17 August 1760, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 35 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.

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
René-Pascal BARBEAU dit BOISDORÉ married 10 February 1777, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie-Josephte LEMIEUX

1779 Marriage of Child
Marie-Archange BARBEAU married 15 November 1779, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Pierre DEMERS

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite GAGNE died 14 February 1788, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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

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

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

1805 Death
20 April 1805
La Prairie, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 80.

Added: 3/29/2020 11:16:32 AM - Updated: 11/20/2023 6:18:23 PM