Jean-Francois RINFRET dit MALOUIN

(b. 2 February 1739 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 18 April 1794 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Francois RINFRET dit MALOUIN was born 2 February 1739 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Francois RINFRET dit MALOUIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste RINFRET dit MALOIN and Marie-Josephte SIMON dite DELORME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean RINFRET dit MALOUIN and Jeanne TELLIER (maternal) Pierre-Lucien SIMON dit DELORME and Ursule HAMEL

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Jean-Francois married Genevieve PERRAULT 30 September 1777 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve PERRAULT was born 8 March 1744 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Genevieve died 7 September 1814 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Genevieve was the child of Jacques PERRAULT dit VILDAIGRE and Marthe LÉTOURNEAU.

Jean-Francois RINFRET dit MALOUIN died 18 April 1794 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-Francois RINFRET dit MALOUIN married

Genevieve PERRAULT-- Date: 30 September 1777 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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Genevieve PERRAULT was the child of Jacques PERRAULT dit VILDAIGRE and Marthe LÉTOURNEAU

Children of Jean-Francois RINFRET dit MALOUIN and Genevieve PERRAULT:

Antoine RINFRET dit MALOUIN (b.12 August 1781, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 September 1864, Riviere au Renard, Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada)
m. Marie-Josephte SYNNOTT 12 September 1809

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1739 Birth
2 February 1739
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.

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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Francois RINFRET dit MALOUIN and Genevieve PERRAULT 30 September 1777, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 38 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Antoine RINFRET dit MALOUIN was born 12 August 1781, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean-Francois was 42 years old.

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)