Joseph BABIN dit LACROIX

(b. 3 September 1735 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 1 September 1801 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada )

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Joseph BABIN dit LACROIX was born 3 September 1735 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Joseph BABIN dit LACROIX was the child of Claude-Charles BABIN dit LACROIX and Marie-Dorothée DENOYON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BABIN dit LACROIX and Madeleine RICHAUME (maternal) Jacques DENOYON (DESNOYERS) and Abigail Margaret STEBBENS

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Joseph married Josephte PERRAS dite LAFONTAINE 12 May 1755 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Josephte PERRAS dite LAFONTAINE was born 21 February 1734 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Josephte died 29 March 1814 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Josephte was the child of Jean PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Anne DENEAU (DENIAU).

Joseph BABIN dit LACROIX died 1 September 1801 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, 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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Joseph BABIN dit LACROIX married

Josephte PERRAS dite LAFONTAINE-- Date: 12 May 1755 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Josephte PERRAS dite LAFONTAINE was the child of Jean PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Anne DENEAU (DENIAU)

Children of Joseph BABIN dit LACROIX and Josephte PERRAS dite LAFONTAINE:

Marie-Josephe BABIN (b.8 December 1762, Repentigny, Canada d. 30 August 1832, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada)
m. Mathurin-Benoni CHAPUT 1793

Françoise BABIN dite LACROIX (b.13 April 1764, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Andre DESMARAIS 4 March 1785 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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1735 Birth
3 September 1735
Boucherville, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BABIN dit LACROIX and Josephte PERRAS dite LAFONTAINE 12 May 1755, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 19 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe BABIN was born 8 December 1762, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Joseph was 27 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Françoise BABIN dite LACROIX was born 13 April 1764, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph was 28 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Françoise BABIN dite LACROIX married 4 March 1785, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Andre DESMARAIS

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

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

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