Jean-Amable BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN

(b. 11 February 1735 , Chambly, Canada, New France d. 12 November 1793 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Amable BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN was born 11 February 1735 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Jean-Amable BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN was the child of Jean-Simon BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN and Marie-Jeanne VIGEANT dite TAUPIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN and Jeanne ALLARD dite LABARRE (maternal) Jean VIGEANT dit TAUPIER and Marie-Anne PERRIER dite OLIVIER

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

Jean-Amable married Marie JOUBERT 12 January 1761 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie JOUBERT was born 8 June 1741 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie was the child of Pierre JOUBERT and Agathe JARRY dite HENRI.

Jean-Amable BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN died 12 November 1793 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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-Amable BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN married

Marie JOUBERT-- Date: 12 January 1761 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada
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Marie JOUBERT was the child of Pierre JOUBERT and Agathe JARRY dite HENRI

Children of Jean-Amable BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN and Marie JOUBERT:

Joseph-Amable BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN (b.25 February 1770, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 September 1820, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josette LANIER (LASNIER) dite BELHUMEUR 28 October 1793 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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1735 Birth
11 February 1735
Chambly, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Amable BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN and Marie JOUBERT 12 January 1761, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 25 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
Joseph-Amable BENJAMIN dit ST-AUBIN was born 25 February 1770, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Amable was 35 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.