Jean-Baptiste PILOTE dit BRASSARD

(b. 5 October 1712 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 7 December 1767 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PILOTE dit BRASSARD was born 5 October 1712 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste PILOTE dit BRASSARD was the child of Jean PILOTE and Marie-Catherine BRASSARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PILOTE and Marie-Françoise GAUDRY dite BOURBONNIÈRE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BRASSARD and Jeanne QUELVÉ

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Dorothee BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) 6 February 1734 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Dorothee BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) was born 8 March 1711 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada. Marie-Dorothee died 23 September 1779 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marie-Dorothee was the child of Jacques BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie VENDETTE (VANDET) dite POITEVIN.

Jean-Baptiste PILOTE dit BRASSARD died 7 December 1767 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Jean-Baptiste PILOTE dit BRASSARD married

Marie-Dorothee BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)-- Date: 6 February 1734 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
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Marie-Dorothee BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) was the child of Jacques BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie VENDETTE (VANDET) dite POITEVIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste PILOTE dit BRASSARD and Marie-Dorothee BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE):

Jean-Baptiste PILOTE (b.15 October 1735, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 20 October 1804, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Anne GAUTRON 8 January 1759 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada

Marie-Dorothee PILOTE (b.9 September 1751, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Jean LACASSE 14 June 1773 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jacques PILOTE (b.24 May 1754, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Anne CHEFDEVERGUE dite LAROSE 19 July 1779 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1712 Birth
5 October 1712
Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1734 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PILOTE dit BRASSARD and Marie-Dorothee BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) 6 February 1734 , Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1735 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PILOTE was born 15 October 1735, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Marie-Dorothee PILOTE was born 9 September 1751, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Jacques PILOTE was born 24 May 1754, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 41 years old.

1759 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste PILOTE married 8 January 1759, La Durantaye, Québec, Canada to Marie-Anne GAUTRON

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.