Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHES

(b. 7 January 1738 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 27 April 1802 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHES was born 7 January 1738 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHES was the child of Julien BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Marie-Charlotte DALPE dite PARISEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Suzanne BOUVIER (maternal) François DALPE dit PARISEAU and Marie-Catherine-Thérèse HAYET

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

Jean-Baptiste married Thérèse MALEPART 7 January 1760 in Varennes, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Thérèse MALEPART was born 9 January 1737 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe). Thérèse died 1 October 1773 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Thérèse was the child of Jean-Baptiste MALEPART dit TOURANGEAU and Marie-Thérèse DUBE.

Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHES died 27 April 1802 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada.

m. Gauthier Elisabeth
m. Malepart Therese

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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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Thérèse MALEPART-- Date: 7 January 1760 Place: Varennes, Canada
Thérèse MALEPART was the child of Jean-Baptiste MALEPART dit TOURANGEAU and Marie-Thérèse DUBE

Children of Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Thérèse MALEPART:

Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHES (b.26 February 1761, Varennes, Canada d. 19 June 1828, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada)
m. Archange SENECAL dite LAFRAMBOISE 5 November 1781 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Marie BRIEN dite DESROCHES (b.22 October 1768, Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 April 1810, Boucherville, Lower Canada )
m. Louis LUSSIER 26 October 1789 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1738 Birth
7 January 1738
Varennes, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Thérèse MALEPART 7 January 1760 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 22 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHES was born 26 February 1761, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 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.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie BRIEN dite DESROCHES was born 22 October 1768, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1773 Death of Spouse/Partner
Thérèse MALEPART died 1 October 1773 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BRIEN dit DESROCHES married 5 November 1781, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Archange SENECAL dite LAFRAMBOISE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Marriage of Child
Marie BRIEN dite DESROCHES married 26 October 1789 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Louis LUSSIER

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

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1802 Death
27 April 1802
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 64.

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