Jean-Baptiste GUILLET dit TOURANGEAU

(b. 28 August 1726 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 13 June 1784 , Windsor, Essex, Quebec (Ontario), Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GUILLET dit TOURANGEAU was born 28 August 1726 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GUILLET dit TOURANGEAU was the child of Philippe GUILLET dit TOURANGEAU and Angélique MARTINEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques MARTINEAU and Antoinette DUMOUSTIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephte PILOTE 29 September 1750 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marie-Josephte PILOTE was born 21 April 1730 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Josephte died 22 January 1795 in L'Assomption, Essex, Ontario, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Pierre PILOTE and Louise CHALIFOUR.

Jean-Baptiste GUILLET dit TOURANGEAU died 13 June 1784 in Windsor, Essex, Quebec (Ontario), 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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Marie-Josephte PILOTE-- Date: 29 September 1750 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte PILOTE was the child of Pierre PILOTE and Louise CHALIFOUR

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1726 Birth
28 August 1726
Québec, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GUILLET dit TOURANGEAU and Marie-Josephte PILOTE 29 September 1750, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 24 years old.

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.

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.