Joseph LABBE dit SQUERRE

(b. 1 September 1742 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France d. 4 November 1802 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada )

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Joseph LABBE dit SQUERRE was born 1 September 1742 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France

Joseph LABBE dit SQUERRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste SQUERRE and Marie-Ursule-Genevieve DAUPHIN and the grandchild of: (maternal) René DAUPHIN and Suzanne GUIGNARD (GIGNARD)

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Joseph married Marie GOURCE (GOUSSE) 13 October 1775 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie GOURCE (GOUSSE) was born abt. 1749 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie died 24 November 1802 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Jean GOURCE (GOUSSE) and Veronique DUQUET.

Joseph LABBE dit SQUERRE died 4 November 1802 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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 LABBE dit SQUERRE married

Marie GOURCE (GOUSSE)-- Date: 13 October 1775 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie GOURCE (GOUSSE) was the child of Jean GOURCE (GOUSSE) and Veronique DUQUET

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1742 Birth
1 September 1742
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LABBE dit SQUERRE and Marie GOURCE (GOUSSE) 13 October 1775, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 33 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.