Jean-Baptiste DEROME dit DESCARREAUX

(b. 13 May 1742 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 31 May 1815 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste DEROME dit DESCARREAUX was born 13 May 1742 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste DEROME dit DESCARREAUX was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Michel DEROME dit DESCARREAUX and Marie-Josephe MOREAU dite DESROSIERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel DEROME dit DESCARREAUX and Marie-Madeleine DUSSAULT (maternal) Daniel MOREAU dit DESROSIERS and Marie GROULX

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Jean-Baptiste married Angelique AIDE dite CRÉQUY 30 May 1763 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique AIDE dite CRÉQUY was born abt. 1738 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Angelique died 7 June 1815 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Angelique was the child of Jean-François AIDE dit CRÉQUY and Marie-Catherine CONSTANTINEAU.

Jean-Baptiste DEROME dit DESCARREAUX died 31 May 1815 in Québec, 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-Baptiste DEROME dit DESCARREAUX married

Angelique AIDE dite CRÉQUY-- Date: 30 May 1763 Place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Angelique AIDE dite CRÉQUY was the child of Jean-François AIDE dit CRÉQUY and Marie-Catherine CONSTANTINEAU

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Children of Jean-Baptiste DEROME dit DESCARREAUX and Angelique AIDE dite CRÉQUY:

Joseph DEROME (b.5 July 1779, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 June 1835, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne ALARIE 15 February 1803 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1742 Birth
13 May 1742
Québec, Canada, New France

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DEROME dit DESCARREAUX and Angelique AIDE dite CRÉQUY 30 May 1763, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 21 years old.

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.