Urbain BRIEN dit DESROCHERS

(b. 19 October 1719 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. 5 October 1800 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Urbain BRIEN dit DESROCHERS was born 19 October 1719 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Urbain BRIEN dit DESROCHERS was the child of Pierre BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Elisabeth-Isabelle DESROCHES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Suzanne BOUVIER (maternal) Jean DESROCHES and Marie BEAUCHAMP

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Urbain married Marie-Barbe COITEUX 12 January 1750 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* . Marie-Barbe COITEUX was born 21 April 1731 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Marie-Barbe was the child of Jean-Baptiste COITEUX and Marie-Madeleine GERVAIS.

Urbain BRIEN dit DESROCHERS died 5 October 1800 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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-Barbe COITEUX-- Date: 12 January 1750 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Marie-Barbe COITEUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste COITEUX and Marie-Madeleine GERVAIS

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1719 Birth
19 October 1719
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

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

1750 Marriage / Partner
Urbain BRIEN dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Barbe COITEUX 12 January 1750, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

He was 30 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.

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.