Jean-Baptiste MERDIEU dit BOURBON

(b. 11 May 1708 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France d. 4 March 1776 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MERDIEU dit BOURBON was born 11 May 1708 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste MERDIEU dit BOURBON was the child of Jean MERDIEU dit BOURBON and Claudine GUERIN and the grandchild of: (maternal) Clement GUERIN and Perrine COIRIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Madeleine BARBEAU 21 November 1740 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine BARBEAU was born 4 March 1718 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Madeleine died 30 December 1792 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Madeleine was the child of Simon BARBEAU and Catherine AUVRAY.

Jean-Baptiste MERDIEU dit BOURBON died 4 March 1776 in Charlesbourg, Québec, 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 MERDIEU dit BOURBON married

Madeleine BARBEAU-- Date: 21 November 1740 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France
Madeleine BARBEAU was the child of Simon BARBEAU and Catherine AUVRAY

Children of Jean-Baptiste MERDIEU dit BOURBON and Madeleine BARBEAU:

Marie-Madeleine MERDIEU dite BOURBON (b.26 September 1743, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France d. 6 January 1793, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE 3 November 1761 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)
m. Paul ALARIE (ALARY) 30 January 1775 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

Jean-Simon MERDIEU dit BOURBON (b.9 October 1750, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France d. 2 January 1823, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise GARNEAU 16 February 1778 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

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1708 Birth
11 May 1708
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1740 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MERDIEU dit BOURBON and Madeleine BARBEAU 21 November 1740, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 32 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine MERDIEU dite BOURBON was born 26 September 1743, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Jean-Simon MERDIEU dit BOURBON was born 9 October 1750, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Jean-Baptiste was 42 years old.

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

1761 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine MERDIEU dite BOURBON married 3 November 1761, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal) to Jean-Baptiste FRECHETTE

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 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine MERDIEU dite BOURBON married 30 January 1775, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville) to Paul ALARIE (ALARY)

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.