Jean-Baptiste LURET dit ROCHEFORT

(b. 19 March 1761 , L'Islet, Canada d. 11 December 1812 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LURET dit ROCHEFORT was born 19 March 1761 in L'Islet, Canada

Jean-Baptiste LURET dit ROCHEFORT was the child of Joseph LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Marie-Françoise DEVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Bernard LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Marguerite LAVERGNE (maternal) René DEVIN and Marie-Anne MARTIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Madeleine LEVESQUE 12 October 1795 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine LEVESQUE was born 1 April 1766 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Madeleine died 30 December 1813 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie-Madeleine DUBE.

Jean-Baptiste LURET dit ROCHEFORT died 11 December 1812 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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 LURET dit ROCHEFORT married

Madeleine LEVESQUE-- Date: 12 October 1795 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Madeleine LEVESQUE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie-Madeleine DUBE

Children of Jean-Baptiste LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Madeleine LEVESQUE:

Charles LURET dit ROCHEFORT (b.abt. 1800, , Québec Province, Canada d. 30 August 1889, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada )
m. Marguerite PARENT 7 April 1823 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1761 Birth
19 March 1761
L'Islet, 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

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

1795 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LURET dit ROCHEFORT and Madeleine LEVESQUE 12 October 1795, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 34 years old.

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