Jean-Baptiste CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR

(b. 24 June 1725 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 3 April 1800 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR was born 24 June 1725 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR was the child of Joseph CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Angélique ARBOUR (HARBOUR) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR and Jeanne PELLETIER (maternal) Michel ARBOUR (HARBOUR) and Marie-Catherine CONSTANTINEAU

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Therese PAYET dite ST-AMOUR 31 May 1756 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Therese PAYET dite ST-AMOUR was born 20 July 1731 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Therese was the child of Guillaume PAYET and Marguerite THOUIN.

Jean-Baptiste CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR died 3 April 1800 in Saint-Jacques, 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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Jean-Baptiste CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR married

Marie-Therese PAYET dite ST-AMOUR-- Date: 31 May 1756 Place: L'Assomption, Canada, New France
Marie-Therese PAYET dite ST-AMOUR was the child of Guillaume PAYET and Marguerite THOUIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Therese PAYET dite ST-AMOUR:

Thérèse CHARLAND (b.21 August 1769, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 April 1833, L'Assomption, Lower Canada )
m. Toussaint MAINVILLE (MIVILLE) 10 October 1780 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1725 Birth
24 June 1725
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Therese PAYET dite ST-AMOUR 31 May 1756, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 30 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.

1769 Birth of Child
Thérèse CHARLAND was born 21 August 1769, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste was 44 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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Thérèse CHARLAND married 10 October 1780, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Toussaint MAINVILLE (MIVILLE)

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

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