Jean MOREL dit LADURANTAYE

(b. 31 August 1728 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 19 May 1803 , Boucherville, Lower Canada )

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Jean MOREL dit LADURANTAYE was born 31 August 1728 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Jean MOREL dit LADURANTAYE was the child of Louis-Joseph MOREL dit LADURANTAYE and Marguerite DUMONT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Joseph MOREL dit LADURANTAYE and Élisabeth PECCARER (maternal) Julien DUMONT dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Madeleine TOURNEROCHE

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Jean married Marie-Suzanne COLIN 3 July 1752 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Marie-Suzanne COLIN was born 8 April 1714 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Suzanne died 23 June 1764 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Suzanne was the child of André COLIN dit LALIBERTÉ and Marie-Jeanne-Anne CADIEUX.

Jean MOREL dit LADURANTAYE died 19 May 1803 in Boucherville, 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 MOREL dit LADURANTAYE married

Marie-Suzanne COLIN-- Date: 3 July 1752 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
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Marie-Suzanne COLIN was the child of André COLIN dit LALIBERTÉ and Marie-Jeanne-Anne CADIEUX

Children:

Marguerite Morel LaDurantaye

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1728 Birth
31 August 1728
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Jean MOREL dit LADURANTAYE and Marie-Suzanne COLIN 3 July 1752, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 23 years old.

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.

1764 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Suzanne COLIN died 23 June 1764, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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.