François-Amable MARTIN dit ST-JEAN

(b. 6 February 1734 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 22 December 1778 , Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada )

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François-Amable MARTIN dit ST-JEAN was born 6 February 1734 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

François-Amable MARTIN dit ST-JEAN was the child of Jean MARTIN dit ST-JEAN and Thérèse HÉNAULT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre HUNEAULT (ENAUD, HÉNAULT) dit CANADA and Marie-Anne RATEL

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François-Amable married Elisabeth-Isabelle LEROUX 12 February 1759 in Les Cèdres, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Elisabeth-Isabelle LEROUX was born abt. 1738 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Elisabeth-Isabelle died 4 March 1829 in St-Polycarpe, Soulanges, Bas-Canada, Canada. Elisabeth-Isabelle was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEROUX dit ROUSSON and Angelique-Elisabeth LIBERSAN dite LAVIOLETTE.

François-Amable MARTIN dit ST-JEAN died 22 December 1778 in Les Cèdres, 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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François-Amable MARTIN dit ST-JEAN married

Elisabeth-Isabelle LEROUX-- Date: 12 February 1759 Place: Les Cèdres, Canada, New France
Elisabeth-Isabelle LEROUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEROUX dit ROUSSON and Angelique-Elisabeth LIBERSAN dite LAVIOLETTE

Children of François-Amable MARTIN dit ST-JEAN and Elisabeth-Isabelle LEROUX:

Francois MARTIN (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 February 1837, Saint-Polycarpe, Lower Canada)
m. Angelique RODRIGUE 7 January 1788 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Amable MARTIN dite ST-JEAN (b.24 October 1769, Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 April 1844, St-Polycarpe, Soulanges, Bas-Canada, Canada)
m. Louis DESFORGES 5 February 1821

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1734 Birth
6 February 1734
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
François-Amable MARTIN dit ST-JEAN and Elisabeth-Isabelle LEROUX 12 February 1759, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

He was 25 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.

1769 Birth of Child
Amable MARTIN dite ST-JEAN was born 24 October 1769, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

François-Amable was 35 years old.

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.