Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE dit LABONTE

(b. abt. 1718 , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 April 1779 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE dit LABONTE was born abt. 1718 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE dit LABONTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Ange MAROTTE dit LABONTE and Marie-Anne LAURENDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE (MAROTTE) dit LABONTE and Geneviève BOUTIN (maternal) Jean LAURENDEAU and Marie THIBAULT (THIBEAU, THIBEAULT)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD 7 October 1771 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was born 9 September 1742 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 26 November 1819 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Marguerite was the child of Pierre DESTROISMAISONS and Marguerite GAGNE.

Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE dit LABONTE died 10 April 1779 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, 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 MAROTTE dit LABONTE married

Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD-- Date: 7 October 1771 Place: L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was the child of Pierre DESTROISMAISONS and Marguerite GAGNE

Children of Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE dit LABONTE and Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD:

Basile LABONTE (b.abt. 1771, , Québec Province, Canada d. 3 March 1853, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada East )
m. Suzanne CARRIER 6 October 1800 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE dit LABONTE and Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD 7 October 1771, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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.