Jean-Baptiste CANAC dit MARQUIS

(b. 1 December 1739 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 17 January 1812 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste CANAC dit MARQUIS was born 1 December 1739 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste CANAC dit MARQUIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste CANAC dit MARQUIS and Marguerite DROUIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Marc-Antoine CANAC dit MARQUIS and Jeanne NOURICE (maternal) Pierre DROUIN and Louise LÉTOURNEAU

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Jean-Baptiste married Amable Judith PEPIN dite LACHANCE 3 October 1763 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Amable Judith PEPIN dite LACHANCE was born 1 April 1743 in St-Ferréol, Quebec, Canada. Amable Judith died 27 December 1816 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Amable Judith was the child of Jacques PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Thérèse LESSARD.

Jean-Baptiste CANAC dit MARQUIS died 17 January 1812 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, 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 CANAC dit MARQUIS married

Amable Judith PEPIN dite LACHANCE-- Date: 3 October 1763 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Province of Québec, Canada
Amable Judith PEPIN dite LACHANCE was the child of Jacques PEPIN dit LACHANCE and Thérèse LESSARD

Children of Jean-Baptiste CANAC dit MARQUIS and Amable Judith PEPIN dite LACHANCE:

Pierre CANAC dit MARQUIS (b.8 October 1780, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 November 1850, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East )
m. Marie-Salome MICHAUD 15 January 1810 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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1739 Birth
1 December 1739
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CANAC dit MARQUIS and Amable Judith PEPIN dite LACHANCE 3 October 1763, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

He was 23 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.

1780 Birth of Child
Pierre CANAC dit MARQUIS was born 8 October 1780, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 40 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1810 Marriage of Child
Pierre CANAC dit MARQUIS married 15 January 1810, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre) to Marie-Salome MICHAUD