Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE dit SECHERET

(b. 3 May 1736 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 21 August 1809 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE dit SECHERET was born 3 May 1736 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE dit SECHERET was the child of Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE dit SECHERET and Charlotte CHARRON dite DUCHARME and the grandchild of: (maternal) François CHARRON dit DUCHARME and Marguerite PIETTE dite TREMPE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Rose JOLY dite DELBEC 14 February 1747 in Berthierville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Rose JOLY dite DELBEC was born abt. 1735 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Rose died 12 May 1813 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Marie-Rose was the child of Marc-Antoine DELBEC dit JOLY and Marie-Anne BOUCHER.

Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE dit SECHERET died 21 August 1809 in Sainte-Élisabeth, 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 FRECHETTE dit SECHERET married

Marie-Rose JOLY dite DELBEC-- Date: 14 February 1747 Place: Berthierville, Canada, New France
Marie-Rose JOLY dite DELBEC was the child of Marc-Antoine DELBEC dit JOLY and Marie-Anne BOUCHER

Children of Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE dit SECHERET and Marie-Rose JOLY dite DELBEC:

Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE (b.19 December 1757, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. 18 January 1825, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise BOURDON 14 October 1793 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1736 Birth
3 May 1736
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE dit SECHERET and Marie-Rose JOLY dite DELBEC 14 February 1747, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 10 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE was born 19 December 1757, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 21 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.

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)

1793 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE married 14 October 1793, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Marie-Louise BOURDON

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