Josephte MARTIN dite ST-JEAN

(b. 8 January 1775 , Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 July 1832 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada )

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Josephte MARTIN dite ST-JEAN was born 8 January 1775 in Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada

Josephte MARTIN dite ST-JEAN was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARTIN and Marie-Antoinette LEVAC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MARTIN dit ST-JEAN and Josephe FOUCHER dite LEVITRE (maternal) Martin LEVAC and Josephte RHÉAUME

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

Josephte married Joseph SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE 24 September 1792 in Les Cèdres, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE was born 22 March 1769 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Joseph died 8 January 1859 in Coteau-du-Lac, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-du-Coteau-du-Lac). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAUVÉ and Rosalie LALONDE.

Josephte MARTIN dite ST-JEAN died 8 July 1832 in Les Cèdres, 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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Josephte MARTIN dite ST-JEAN married

Joseph SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE-- Date: 24 September 1792 Place: Les Cèdres, Lower Canada
Joseph SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste SAUVÉ and Rosalie LALONDE

Children of Joseph SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE and Josephte MARTIN dite ST-JEAN:

Josephe SAUVÉ dite LAPLANTE (b.8 March 1794, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Felix LALONDE 17 October 1814 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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1775 Birth
8 January 1775
Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada

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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Josephte MARTIN dite ST-JEAN and Joseph SAUVÉ dit LAPLANTE 24 September 1792, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

She was 17 years old.

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

1794 Birth of Child
Josephe SAUVÉ dite LAPLANTE was born 8 March 1794, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Josephte was 19 years old.

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

1814 Marriage of Child
Josephe SAUVÉ dite LAPLANTE married 17 October 1814, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres) to Felix LALONDE

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