Gabriel BALAN dit LACOMBE

(b. 15 May 1728 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 27 January 1803 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Gabriel BALAN dit LACOMBE was born 15 May 1728 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Gabriel BALAN dit LACOMBE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE and Marie VENDETTE (VANDET) dite POITEVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BALAN dit LACOMBE and Renee BIRET (maternal) René VENDETTE (VANDET) and Marie-Renee ARIOT (ARIAU) (HARIO)

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

Gabriel married Marie-Françoise GOUPIL 16 August 1752 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Françoise GOUPIL was born 1 November 1725 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Marie-Françoise died 7 December 1787 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Marie-Françoise was the child of Antoine GOUPIL dit LAVIOLETTE and Françoise BOULAY.

Gabriel BALAN dit LACOMBE died 27 January 1803 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Gabriel BALAN dit LACOMBE married

Marie-Françoise GOUPIL-- Date: 16 August 1752 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Marie-Françoise GOUPIL was the child of Antoine GOUPIL dit LAVIOLETTE and Françoise BOULAY

Children of Gabriel BALAN dit LACOMBE and Marie-Françoise GOUPIL:

Madeleine BALAN dite LACOMBE (b.1 August 1757, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Simon BISSON 17 April 1787 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste LACOMBE dit BALAN (b.11 December 1762, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada d. , )
m. Genevieve LEBEL 11 September 1792 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1728 Birth
15 May 1728
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel BALAN dit LACOMBE and Marie-Françoise GOUPIL 16 August 1752, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Madeleine BALAN dite LACOMBE was born 1 August 1757, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Gabriel was 29 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LACOMBE dit BALAN was born 11 December 1762, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Gabriel was 34 years old.

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Madeleine BALAN dite LACOMBE married 17 April 1787, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Simon BISSON

1787 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Françoise GOUPIL died 7 December 1787, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LACOMBE dit BALAN married 11 September 1792, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Genevieve LEBEL

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1803 Death
27 January 1803
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 74.

Added: 1/12/2022 1:40:16 PM - Updated: 4/17/2024 10:55:34 AM