Jean-Baptiste BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN

(b. 30 September 1753 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France d. 21 April 1833 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN was born 30 September 1753 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN was the child of François BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN and Marie-Louise GENEST dite LABARRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN and Marguerite BOISSEL (maternal) Jacques GENEST dit LABARRE and Louise GODIN dite DESROCHES

Jean-Baptiste had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Catherine HAMEL 8 January 1781 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Catherine HAMEL was born 2 July 1759 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Marie-Catherine died 24 March 1836 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Catherine was the child of Antoine-Louis HAMEL and Marie-Angélique DUMONT.

Jean-Baptiste BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN died 21 April 1833 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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.

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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.

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Jean-Baptiste BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN married

Marie-Catherine HAMEL-- Date: 8 January 1781 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Catherine HAMEL was the child of Antoine-Louis HAMEL and Marie-Angélique DUMONT

Children of Jean-Baptiste BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN and Marie-Catherine HAMEL:

Marie BOURBEAU dite CARIGNAN (b.11 April 1788, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 August 1855, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Joseph CHAMPOUX dit ST-PAIR 29 July 1806 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marguerite BOURBEAU (b.5 February 1790, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Charles ST-CYR dit DESHAIES 27 September 1808 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1753 Birth
30 September 1753
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France

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.

Revolutionary War
BOURBEAU DIT CARIGNAN, JEAN BAPTISTE
Ancestor #: A214778
Service: CANADA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 9-30-1753 ST PIERRE LES BECQUETS CANADA
Death: 4-21-1833 BECANCOUR LOWER CANADA CANADA
Service Source: GABRIEL, QUEBEC DURING THE AMERICAN INVASION, 1775-1776, PP 46, 47
Service Description: 1) RENDERED AID

RESIDENCE
1) City: BECANCOUR - District: QUEBEC - State: CANADA

SPOUSE
1) MARIE LOUISE HAMEL
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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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BOURBEAU dit CARIGNAN and Marie-Catherine HAMEL 8 January 1781, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 27 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Birth of Child
Marie BOURBEAU dite CARIGNAN was born 11 April 1788, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Jean-Baptiste was 34 years old.

1790 Birth of Child
Marguerite BOURBEAU was born 5 February 1790, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

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

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

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

1806 Marriage of Child
Marie BOURBEAU dite CARIGNAN married 29 July 1806, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Joseph CHAMPOUX dit ST-PAIR

1808 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BOURBEAU married 27 September 1808, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Charles ST-CYR dit DESHAIES

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England