Jean-Baptiste GUILBAULT dit GRANDBOIS

(b. 2 July 1725 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 20 July 1766 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GUILBAULT dit GRANDBOIS was born 2 July 1725 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GUILBAULT dit GRANDBOIS was the child of Louis GUILBAULT dit GRANDBOIS and Angelique HUBERT dite PARISIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GUILBAULT-GRANDBOIS and Marie-Louise DASSYLVA (DASYLVA) (maternal) Jacques HUBERT dit PARISIEN and Marie-Thérèse CHARRON

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Jean-Baptiste married Genevieve PIETTE dite LAFRENIERE 10 February 1755 in Berthierville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Genevieve PIETTE dite LAFRENIERE was born 6 August 1730 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Genevieve died 27 June 1792 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Genevieve was the child of Antoine PIETTE dit TREMPE and Marie BOUCHER.

Jean-Baptiste GUILBAULT dit GRANDBOIS died 20 July 1766 in Berthierville, 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 GUILBAULT dit GRANDBOIS married

Genevieve PIETTE dite LAFRENIERE-- Date: 10 February 1755 Place: Berthierville, Canada, New France
Genevieve PIETTE dite LAFRENIERE was the child of Antoine PIETTE dit TREMPE and Marie BOUCHER

Children of Jean-Baptiste GUILBAULT dit GRANDBOIS and Genevieve PIETTE dite LAFRENIERE:

Jean-Baptiste GUILBAULT (b.26 January 1756, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Judith BOULET (BOULAY) 14 May 1782 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Hippolyte GUILBAULT dit GRANDBOIS (b.abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 August 1834, Berthierville, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne-Julienne BARBIER 26 July 1785 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1725 Birth
2 July 1725
Sorel, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GUILBAULT dit GRANDBOIS and Genevieve PIETTE dite LAFRENIERE 10 February 1755, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 29 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste GUILBAULT was born 26 January 1756, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 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.