Jacques-Marie BRIEN dit DESROCHES

(b. 4 January 1743 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 17 April 1793 , Mascouche, Lower Canada )

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Jacques-Marie BRIEN dit DESROCHES was born 4 January 1743 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Jacques-Marie BRIEN dit DESROCHES was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Marie-Anne-Josephte VAUDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Suzanne BOUVIER (maternal) Jacques VAUDRY and Marie-Françoise JOLY

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Jacques-Marie married Marie-Agathe HUBOULT dite DESLONGCHAMPS 30 January 1770 in Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Agathe HUBOULT dite DESLONGCHAMPS was born 7 March 1746 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Marie-Agathe was the child of Athanase HUBOUT (HUBOULT) (HOUBOU) and Marie-Agathe BEAUCHAMP.

Jacques-Marie BRIEN dit DESROCHES died 17 April 1793 in Mascouche, 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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Marie-Agathe HUBOULT dite DESLONGCHAMPS-- Date: 30 January 1770 Place: Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Agathe HUBOULT dite DESLONGCHAMPS was the child of Athanase HUBOUT (HUBOULT) (HOUBOU) and Marie-Agathe BEAUCHAMP

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1743 Birth
4 January 1743
Lachenaie, 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Jacques-Marie BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Marie-Agathe HUBOULT dite DESLONGCHAMPS 30 January 1770, Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

He 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.