Joseph JEAN dit DENIS

(b. 3 September 1727 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 11 August 1807 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada )

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Joseph JEAN dit DENIS was born 3 September 1727 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Joseph JEAN dit DENIS was the child of Joseph-Marie JEAN dit DENIS and Agnès DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph JEAN dit DENIS and Marie-Renee GARNIER (maternal) Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marie-Renee LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dite DESMARETS (DESMARAIS)

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

Joseph married Josephte-Élisabeth DÉSORCY 24 January 1757 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Josephte-Élisabeth DÉSORCY was born 7 February 1736 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Josephte-Élisabeth died 18 January 1813 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Josephte-Élisabeth was the child of Gabriel DÉSORCY and Marie-Catherine LETENDRE.

Joseph JEAN dit DENIS died 11 August 1807 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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 JEAN dit DENIS married

Josephte-Élisabeth DÉSORCY-- Date: 24 January 1757 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
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Josephte-Élisabeth DÉSORCY was the child of Gabriel DÉSORCY and Marie-Catherine LETENDRE

Children of Joseph JEAN dit DENIS and Josephte-Élisabeth DÉSORCY:

François DENIS (b.20 May 1761, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Geneviève CASAUBON dite DIDIER 16 February 1784 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Joseph DENIS (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Josephte RAINVILLE (DRAINVILLE) 12 January 1789 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1727 Birth
3 September 1727
Sorel, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Joseph JEAN dit DENIS and Josephte-Élisabeth DÉSORCY 24 January 1757, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

He was 29 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
François DENIS was born 20 May 1761, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Joseph was 33 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.

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.