Philippe FILIAU dit DUBOIS

(b. 7 September 1720 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 1 September 1787 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Philippe FILIAU dit DUBOIS was born 7 September 1720 in Québec, Canada, New France

Philippe FILIAU dit DUBOIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste FILIAU dit DUBOIS and Marie PLANTE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Claude PLANTE and Marie PATENAUDE (PATENÔTRE)

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Philippe married Genevieve FERLAND 14 February 1746 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . Genevieve FERLAND was born abt. 1720 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Genevieve died 2 October 1794 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Genevieve was the child of Jean-Baptiste FERLAND and Genevieve GOULET.

Philippe FILIAU dit DUBOIS died 1 September 1787 in Yamaska, 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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Genevieve FERLAND-- Date: 14 February 1746 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Genevieve FERLAND was the child of Jean-Baptiste FERLAND and Genevieve GOULET

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1720 Birth
7 September 1720
Québec, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Philippe FILIAU dit DUBOIS and Genevieve FERLAND 14 February 1746, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 25 years old.

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.