Jean-Louis CARIGNAN dit BÉNARD

(b. 18 August 1755 , Verchères, Canada, New France d. 4 March 1804 , Verchères, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Louis CARIGNAN dit BÉNARD was born 18 August 1755 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Jean-Louis CARIGNAN dit BÉNARD was the child of Jean-Louis BÉNARD dit CARIGNAN and Josephte CHAPERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph BÉNARD dit CARIGNAN and Marie FAVREAU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CHAPERON and Josephte LAMOUREUX

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

Jean-Louis married Marie-Rose JACQUES 26 October 1778 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Rose JACQUES was born 25 April 1762 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Rose was the child of Pierre JACQUES and Marie-Anne BOUVIER.

Jean-Louis CARIGNAN dit BÉNARD died 4 March 1804 in Verchères, 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-Louis CARIGNAN dit BÉNARD married

Marie-Rose JACQUES-- Date: 26 October 1778 Place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Rose JACQUES was the child of Pierre JACQUES and Marie-Anne BOUVIER

Children of Jean-Louis CARIGNAN dit BÉNARD and Marie-Rose JACQUES:

Pierre CARIGNAN (b.11 August 1781, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. 2 March 1854, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East )
m. Judith RENAUD dite LOCAS 14 January 1799 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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1755 Birth
18 August 1755
Verchères, Canada, New France

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Louis CARIGNAN dit BÉNARD and Marie-Rose JACQUES 26 October 1778, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 23 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Pierre CARIGNAN was born 11 August 1781, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Jean-Louis was 26 years old.

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)

1799 Marriage of Child
Pierre CARIGNAN married 14 January 1799, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Judith RENAUD dite LOCAS

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