Jean-Baptiste PRESSEAU dit FABIEN

(b. 22 September 1717 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 10 March 1788 , Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PRESSEAU dit FABIEN was born 22 September 1717 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste PRESSEAU dit FABIEN was the child of Jean PRESSEAU and Angelique HUPPÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Fabien PRESSEAU and Marie-Helene HENAULT (ENAUD) (maternal) Antoine HUPPÉ and Marie-Ursule DURAND

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Louise LABELLE 1 February 1740 in Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise LABELLE was born 25 February 1718 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Louise died 24 July 1771 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Joseph LABELLE and Marguerite LAMOUREUX.

Jean-Baptiste PRESSEAU dit FABIEN died 10 March 1788 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, 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 PRESSEAU dit FABIEN married

Marie-Louise LABELLE-- Date: 1 February 1740 Place: Laval, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise LABELLE was the child of Joseph LABELLE and Marguerite LAMOUREUX

Children of Jean-Baptiste PRESSEAU dit FABIEN and Marie-Louise LABELLE:

Charlotte PRESSEAU (b.2 December 1742, Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 2 May 1829, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. François ROCHON 17 October 1763 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

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1717 Birth
22 September 1717
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1740 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PRESSEAU dit FABIEN and Marie-Louise LABELLE 1 February 1740, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

He was 22 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Charlotte PRESSEAU was born 2 December 1742, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

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 of Child
Charlotte PRESSEAU married 17 October 1763, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima) to François ROCHON

1771 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise LABELLE died 24 July 1771, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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.