Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAFLEUR

(b. 2 January 1760 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada d. 11 December 1814 , Chambly, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAFLEUR was born 2 January 1760 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada

Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAFLEUR was the child of François-Amable MEUNIER dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Louise BENJAMIN dite ST-AUBIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gervais MEUNIER dit LAFLEUR and Catherine DAVID (maternal) Jean-Simon BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN and Marie-Jeanne VIGEANT dite TAUPIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Anne DEMERS dite CHEDEVILLE 8 May 1780 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Anne DEMERS dite CHEDEVILLE was born 9 November 1757 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Anne was the child of François DEMERS and Josephte-Jeanne LAROCQUE dite LAFONTAINE.

Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAFLEUR died 11 December 1814 in Chambly, 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-Anne DEMERS dite CHEDEVILLE-- Date: 8 May 1780 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne DEMERS dite CHEDEVILLE was the child of François DEMERS and Josephte-Jeanne LAROCQUE dite LAFONTAINE

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1760 Birth
2 January 1760
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada

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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Anne DEMERS dite CHEDEVILLE 8 May 1780, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 20 years old.