Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit LABONTE

(b. 17 February 1722 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 19 October 1803 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit LABONTE was born 17 February 1722 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit LABONTE was the child of François LAPORTE and Marie-Louise CHEFDEVERGUE dite LAROSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques LAPORTE dit LABONTÉ and Madeleine PAVIOT (maternal) Louis CHEFDEVERGUE dit LAROSE and Marie-Françoise DUPONT

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Veronique LEBEAU dite LALOUETTE 22 January 1744 in Chambly, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Veronique LEBEAU dite LALOUETTE was born 15 December 1728 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Veronique died July 1804 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Marie-Veronique was the child of Mathurin LEBEAU and Marie LESIEUR.

Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit LABONTE died 19 October 1803 in Saint-Mathias-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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Family and Children of Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit LABONTE

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Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit LABONTE married

Marie-Veronique LEBEAU dite LALOUETTE-- Date: 22 January 1744 Place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Marie-Veronique LEBEAU dite LALOUETTE was the child of Mathurin LEBEAU and Marie LESIEUR

Children of Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit LABONTE and Marie-Veronique LEBEAU dite LALOUETTE:

Marie-Louise LAPORTE dite LABONTE (b.23 February 1745, Chambly, Canada, New France d. 30 July 1810, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Jacques GOGUET (GOYETTE) 25 October 1762 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit LABONTE (b.abt. 1746, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Angélique-Marie-Amable DUPRÉ 1765 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1722 Birth
17 February 1722
Contrecœur, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LAPORTE dit LABONTE and Marie-Veronique LEBEAU dite LALOUETTE 22 January 1744, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 21 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LAPORTE dite LABONTE was born 23 February 1745, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

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

1762 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise LAPORTE dite LABONTE married 25 October 1762, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Jacques GOGUET (GOYETTE)

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 - 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.