Jean-Marie BOISBRIAND dit LADURANTAYE

(b. 19 July 1760 , Kamouraska, Canada d. 12 March 1847 , Kamouraska, Canada East )

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Jean-Marie BOISBRIAND dit LADURANTAYE was born 19 July 1760 in Kamouraska, Canada

Jean-Marie BOISBRIAND dit LADURANTAYE was the child of Charles-Joseph MOREL dit LADURANTAYE and Françoise PINEL dite LAFRANCE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles-Alexandre MOREL dit LADURANTAYE and Marie COUILLARD (maternal) Charles-François PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Anne OUELLET

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

Jean-Marie married Genevieve ST PIERRE 21 November 1791 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve ST PIERRE was born 17 December 1773 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Genevieve died 9 June 1847 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Genevieve was the child of Maurice-Jacques DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Josephte OUELLET.

Jean-Marie BOISBRIAND dit LADURANTAYE died 12 March 1847 in Kamouraska, Canada East .
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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-Marie BOISBRIAND dit LADURANTAYE married

Genevieve ST PIERRE-- Date: 21 November 1791 Place: Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Genevieve ST PIERRE was the child of Maurice-Jacques DESSAINT dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Josephte OUELLET

Children of Jean-Marie BOISBRIAND dit LADURANTAYE and Genevieve ST PIERRE:

Francois-Germain BOISBRIAND dit LADURANTAYE (b.3 September 1798, Kamouraska, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Julie LEBEL 23 October 1820 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1760 Birth
19 July 1760
Kamouraska, Canada

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)

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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Marie BOISBRIAND dit LADURANTAYE and Genevieve ST PIERRE 21 November 1791, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 31 years old.

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

1798 Birth of Child
Francois-Germain BOISBRIAND dit LADURANTAYE was born 3 September 1798, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Jean-Marie was 38 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Marriage of Child
Francois-Germain BOISBRIAND dit LADURANTAYE married 23 October 1820, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Julie LEBEL

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)