Jacques SENÉCAL dit LABOUREUR

(b. 3 July 1742 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 6 August 1784 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jacques SENÉCAL dit LABOUREUR was born 3 July 1742 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jacques SENÉCAL dit LABOUREUR was the child of Antoine SENÉCAL and Anne-Catherine BOURDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre SENÉCAL and Marguerite PINSONNEAULT (maternal) Pierre BORDEAU (BOURDEAU) and Marguerite LEFEBVRE

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Jacques married Marie-Agnes CAILLÉ 30 October 1769 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Agnes CAILLÉ was born 26 November 1748 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Agnes died 26 March 1788 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Agnes was the child of Joseph CAILLÉ and Agnes BROSSEAU.

Jacques SENÉCAL dit LABOUREUR died 6 August 1784 in La Prairie, 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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Marie-Agnes CAILLÉ-- Date: 30 October 1769 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Agnes CAILLÉ was the child of Joseph CAILLÉ and Agnes BROSSEAU

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1742 Birth
3 July 1742
La Prairie, 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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Jacques SENÉCAL dit LABOUREUR and Marie-Agnes CAILLÉ 30 October 1769, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 27 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.