Joseph-Marie ROCH dit CELERIER

(b. 18 December 1736 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 24 November 1795 , Boucherville, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Marie ROCH dit CELERIER was born 18 December 1736 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie ROCH dit CELERIER was the child of Joseph COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Marie-Louise HOUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Anne-Jeanne CÉLÉRIER dite DESLAURIERS (maternal) Gabriel HOUDE dit DESRUISSEAUX and Marie-Jeanne PETITCLERC

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Joseph-Marie married Angélique CHARBONNEAU 28 July 1760 in Boucherville, Canada . Angélique CHARBONNEAU was born 27 June 1737 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Angélique died 22 February 1805 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Angélique was the child of Jacques CHARBONNEAU and Angelique-Michelle CHAUVIN.

Joseph-Marie ROCH dit CELERIER died 24 November 1795 in Boucherville, 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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Angélique CHARBONNEAU-- Date: 28 July 1760 Place: Boucherville, Canada
Angélique CHARBONNEAU was the child of Jacques CHARBONNEAU and Angelique-Michelle CHAUVIN

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1736 Birth
18 December 1736
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie ROCH dit CELERIER and Angélique CHARBONNEAU 28 July 1760, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 23 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.