Jean-Baptiste MOUSSEAU dit DESILETS

(b. 13 January 1726 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 11 May 1781 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MOUSSEAU dit DESILETS was born 13 January 1726 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste MOUSSEAU dit DESILETS was the child of Joseph MOUSSEAU and Madeleine DAVID and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MOUSSEAU dit DESILETS and Marie-Anne DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) (maternal) Jacques DAVID and Catherine LUSSIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Catherine AURÉ dite LAFERRIERE 29 January 1759 in Berthierville, Canada, New France . Marie-Catherine AURÉ dite LAFERRIERE was born abt. 1742 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Catherine died 29 January 1783 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Catherine was the child of Alexis HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE) dit LAFERRIÈRE and Jeanne-Marie-Anne GENEREUX.

Jean-Baptiste MOUSSEAU dit DESILETS died 11 May 1781 in Berthierville, 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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Marie-Catherine AURÉ dite LAFERRIERE-- Date: 29 January 1759 Place: Berthierville, Canada, New France
Marie-Catherine AURÉ dite LAFERRIERE was the child of Alexis HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE) dit LAFERRIÈRE and Jeanne-Marie-Anne GENEREUX

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1726 Birth
13 January 1726
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MOUSSEAU dit DESILETS and Marie-Catherine AURÉ dite LAFERRIERE 29 January 1759, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 33 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.