Joseph QUINTIN dit DUBOIS

(b. 14 October 1731 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 15 June 1815 , Varennes, Lower Canada )

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Joseph QUINTIN dit DUBOIS was born 14 October 1731 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Joseph QUINTIN dit DUBOIS was the child of Joseph QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Marie-Louise PETIT dite LAPRÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Jeanne DALPE dite PARISEAU (maternal) Louis PETIT dit LAPRÉ and Marie-Anne MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

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

Joseph married Josephte BRUNEL 9 April 1755 in Varennes, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Josephte BRUNEL was born 19 February 1740 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Josephte was the child of Joseph BRUNEL and Josephte SENÉCAL.

Joseph QUINTIN dit DUBOIS died 15 June 1815 in Varennes, 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 QUINTIN dit DUBOIS married

Josephte BRUNEL-- Date: 9 April 1755 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France
Josephte BRUNEL was the child of Joseph BRUNEL and Josephte SENÉCAL

Children of Joseph QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Josephte BRUNEL:

Josephte QUINTIN dite DUBOIS (b.17 September 1756, Varennes, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Joseph GEOFFRION (JEFFRION) 11 November 1776 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Joseph QUINTIN dit DUBOIS (b.23 November 1760, Varennes, Canada d. 17 August 1824, Boucherville, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine LAMBERT 21 January 1788 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Veronique QUINTIN (b.16 March 1762, Varennes, Canada d. 13 August 1834, Varennes, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste SAVARIA 2 July 1781 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Michel QUINTIN dit DUBOIS (b.17 September 1770, Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 August 1827, Varennes, Lower Canada )
m. Geneviève GEOFFRION 26 September 1791 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1731 Birth
14 October 1731
Boucherville, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Joseph QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Josephte BRUNEL 9 April 1755, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 23 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Josephte QUINTIN dite DUBOIS was born 17 September 1756, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Joseph was 24 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Joseph QUINTIN dit DUBOIS was born 23 November 1760, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Joseph was 29 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Veronique QUINTIN was born 16 March 1762, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Joseph was 30 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.

1770 Birth of Child
Michel QUINTIN dit DUBOIS was born 17 September 1770, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Joseph was 38 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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Josephte QUINTIN dite DUBOIS married 11 November 1776, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Joseph GEOFFRION (JEFFRION)

1781 Marriage of Child
Veronique QUINTIN married 2 July 1781, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Jean-Baptiste SAVARIA

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Joseph QUINTIN dit DUBOIS married 21 January 1788, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Madeleine LAMBERT

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Michel QUINTIN dit DUBOIS married 26 September 1791, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Geneviève GEOFFRION

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

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