Jacques DUGAS dit LABRECHE

(b. 9 January 1750 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 10 May 1849 , Maskinongé, Canada East )

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Jacques DUGAS dit LABRECHE was born 9 January 1750 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jacques DUGAS dit LABRECHE was the child of Pierre DUGAS dit LABRECHE and Marie-Catherine BARBEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DUGAS dit LABRÈCHE and Marie-Charlotte VANDANDAIGUE (maternal) Pierre BARBEAU and Marie-Anne LAUZE

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

Jacques married Catherine LAVENTURE 6 August 1781 in Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine LAVENTURE was born 24 July 1764 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Catherine died 26 April 1800 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Catherine was the child of François LAVENTURE and Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE.

Jacques DUGAS dit LABRECHE died 10 May 1849 in Maskinongé, Canada East .
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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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Jacques DUGAS dit LABRECHE married

Catherine LAVENTURE-- Date: 6 August 1781 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine LAVENTURE was the child of François LAVENTURE and Marie-Catherine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

Children of Jacques DUGAS dit LABRECHE and Catherine LAVENTURE:

Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE (b.30 August 1795, Maskinongé, Lower Canada d. 18 February 1852, Henryville, Canada East )
m. Thomas GIRARD 20 January 1818 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1750 Birth
9 January 1750
Québec, Canada, New France

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Jacques DUGAS dit LABRECHE and Catherine LAVENTURE 6 August 1781, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

He was 31 years old.

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)

1795 Birth of Child
Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE was born 30 August 1795, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Jacques was 45 years old.

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

1800 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine LAVENTURE died 26 April 1800, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Marriage of Child
Julie DUGAS dite LABRECHE married 20 January 1818, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Thomas GIRARD

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada