Jean-Baptiste AUBIN dit PARADIS

(b. 3 March 1728 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 24 September 1793 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste AUBIN dit PARADIS was born 3 March 1728 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste AUBIN dit PARADIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste AUBIN and Elisabeth CHAINE dite LAGARENNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre AUBIN and Marie PARADIS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CHENAY dit LAGARENNE and Élisabeth BOUCHER

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephe HOUDE 22 October 1764 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe HOUDE was born abt. 1741 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Josephe died 27 May 1813 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Josephe was the child of Francois HOUDE (HOULE) and Josephte DUBORD dite LATOURELLE.

Jean-Baptiste AUBIN dit PARADIS died 24 September 1793 in Berthierville, 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-Baptiste AUBIN dit PARADIS married

Marie-Josephe HOUDE-- Date: 22 October 1764 Place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe HOUDE was the child of Francois HOUDE (HOULE) and Josephte DUBORD dite LATOURELLE

Children of Jean-Baptiste AUBIN dit PARADIS and Marie-Josephe HOUDE:

Joseph-Charles AUBIN dit PARADIS (b.21 May 1778, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 June 1859, Saint-Hugues, Canada East)
m. Marguerite MAGNAN 4 November 1799 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1728 Birth
3 March 1728
Québec, Canada, New France

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 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste AUBIN dit PARADIS and Marie-Josephe HOUDE 22 October 1764, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 36 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.

1778 Birth of Child
Joseph-Charles AUBIN dit PARADIS was born 21 May 1778, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 50 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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