Joseph GERBERT dit JALBERT

(b. 30 January 1695 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 4 May 1774 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph GERBERT dit JALBERT was born 30 January 1695 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Joseph GERBERT dit JALBERT was the child of Jacques GERBERT and Marie PELLETIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Mathurin GERBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Elisabeth-Isabelle TARGER (maternal) Jean PELLETIER dit GOBLOTEUR and Anne LANGLOIS

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

Joseph married Catherine GAGNON 21 September 1718 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Catherine GAGNON was born 11 February 1697 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Catherine died 20 September 1783 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Catherine was the child of Jacques GAGNON (GASGNON) and Madeleine ROCHON (ROCHERON).

Joseph GERBERT dit JALBERT died 4 May 1774 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, 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 GERBERT dit JALBERT married

Catherine GAGNON-- Date: 21 September 1718 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Catherine GAGNON was the child of Jacques GAGNON (GASGNON) and Madeleine ROCHON (ROCHERON)

Children of Joseph GERBERT dit JALBERT and Catherine GAGNON:

Joseph GERBERT (b.4 October 1719, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 15 October 1719, La Pocatière, Canada, New France )

Joseph GERBERT (b.3 September 1720, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. , )

Antoine GERBERT dit JALBERT (b.1 October 1722, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 30 March 1796, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Françoise BERGERON D'AMBOISE 1755

Jean-Baptiste GERBERT (b.abt. 1723, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Jean-François GERBERT dit JALBERT (b.20 February 1725, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France d. 25 July 1813, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada)
m. Françoise LANOUE 8 January 1759 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Catherine GERBERT (b.2 May 1727, La Pocatière, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Nicolas-Francois RIOUX 19 October 1746 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Marie-Madeleine GERBERT (b.5 November 1729, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France d. , )

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1695 Birth
30 January 1695
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1718 Marriage / Partner
Joseph GERBERT dit JALBERT and Catherine GAGNON 21 September 1718, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 23 years old.

1719 Birth of Child
Joseph GERBERT was born 4 October 1719, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph was 24 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1720 Birth of Child
Joseph GERBERT was born 3 September 1720, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph was 25 years old.

1722 Birth of Child
Antoine GERBERT dit JALBERT was born 1 October 1722, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph was 27 years old.

1725 Birth of Child
Jean-François GERBERT dit JALBERT was born 20 February 1725, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 30 years old.

1727 Birth of Child
Catherine GERBERT was born 2 May 1727, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Joseph was 32 years old.

1729 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine GERBERT was born 5 November 1729, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 34 years old.

1746 Marriage of Child
Catherine GERBERT married 19 October 1746, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Nicolas-Francois RIOUX

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

1759 Marriage of Child
Jean-François GERBERT dit JALBERT married 8 January 1759, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Françoise LANOUE

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.