Joseph BELISLE dit LEVASSEUR

(b. 16 June 1767 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 September 1830 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Joseph BELISLE dit LEVASSEUR was born 16 June 1767 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph BELISLE dit LEVASSEUR was the child of Jean-Gabriel BELISLE dit LEVASSEUR and Elisabeth GUYON dite DUTILLY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Henri BELISLE dit LAMARRE and Jeanne ARCHAMBAULT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GUYON dit DUTILLY and Marie-Catherine TETREAU (TETREAULT)

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

Joseph married Marie-Anne CATY 26 September 1791 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne CATY was born 29 January 1774 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Marie-Anne died 11 January 1803 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste CATY and Anne LARRIVÉE.

Joseph BELISLE dit LEVASSEUR died 19 September 1830 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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 BELISLE dit LEVASSEUR married

Marie-Anne CATY-- Date: 26 September 1791 Place: Beloeil, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne CATY was the child of Jean-Baptiste CATY and Anne LARRIVÉE

Children of Joseph BELISLE dit LEVASSEUR and Marie-Anne CATY:

Charlotte BELISLE dite LEVASSEUR (b.26 November 1794, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. 29 January 1884, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN 19 November 1810 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1767 Birth
16 June 1767
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BELISLE dit LEVASSEUR and Marie-Anne CATY 26 September 1791, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

He was 24 years old.

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

1794 Birth of Child
Charlotte BELISLE dite LEVASSEUR was born 26 November 1794, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 27 years old.

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

1803 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne CATY died 11 January 1803, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

1810 Marriage of Child
Charlotte BELISLE dite LEVASSEUR married 19 November 1810, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste AMIEL dit LUSIGNAN

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