Joseph JOLY dit DELBEC

(b. 1 October 1745 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 23 April 1808 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )

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Joseph JOLY dit DELBEC was born 1 October 1745 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Joseph JOLY dit DELBEC was the child of Jean-Baptiste JOLY dit DELBEC and Therese BLET dite GAZAILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DELBEC dit JOLY and Mathurine AUBUCHON dite DESALLIERS (maternal) Mathurin BLET dit GAZAILLE and Geneviève-Scholastique BEGNIER (BESNIER)

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

Joseph married Angélique GOULET 7 November 1774 in Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Angélique GOULET was born 17 April 1759 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Angélique died 13 May 1812 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Angélique was the child of Joseph GOULET and Marie-Angélique BONIN dite STE-MARIE.

Joseph JOLY dit DELBEC died 23 April 1808 in Sainte-Élisabeth, 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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Joseph JOLY dit DELBEC married

Angélique GOULET-- Date: 7 November 1774 Place: Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada
Angélique GOULET was the child of Joseph GOULET and Marie-Angélique BONIN dite STE-MARIE

Children of Joseph JOLY dit DELBEC and Angélique GOULET:

Joseph JOLY (b.19 July 1777, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Josephte BOUCHER 28 January 1799 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste JOLY (b.14 July 1785, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 June 1863, Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East )
m. Marie-Josephte MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 16 September 1811 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

Angelique JOLY (b.27 September 1787, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Charles LEFEBVRE 3 August 1807 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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1745 Birth
1 October 1745
Sorel, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Joseph JOLY dit DELBEC and Angélique GOULET 7 November 1774, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

He was 29 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Joseph JOLY was born 19 July 1777, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Joseph was 31 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste JOLY was born 14 July 1785, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Joseph was 39 years old.

1787 Birth of Child
Angelique JOLY was born 27 September 1787, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Joseph was 42 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1799 Marriage of Child
Joseph JOLY married 28 January 1799, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Marie-Josephte BOUCHER

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

1807 Marriage of Child
Angelique JOLY married 3 August 1807, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Charles LEFEBVRE