Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LAFOREST

(b. 19 March 1746 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 30 April 1788 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LAFOREST was born 19 March 1746 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LAFOREST was the child of Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Josephe BUREL (BURELLE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Jeanne-Marie-Anne JACQUET ST-AMAND dite GERLAISE (maternal) Pierre BURELLE (BUREL) and Marie-Anne GENTES

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Jean-Baptiste married Jeanne-Marie-Anne FAVREAU 9 January 1769 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . Jeanne-Marie-Anne FAVREAU was born 6 May 1725 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Jeanne-Marie-Anne died 29 June 1812 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Jeanne-Marie-Anne was the child of Charles FAVREAU and Marie-Angélique BENARD.

Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LAFOREST died 30 April 1788 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Jeanne Favreau
9 January 1769
Verchères

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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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Jeanne-Marie-Anne FAVREAU-- Date: 9 January 1769 Place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Jeanne-Marie-Anne FAVREAU was the child of Charles FAVREAU and Marie-Angélique BENARD

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1746 Birth
19 March 1746
Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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
Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Jeanne-Marie-Anne FAVREAU 9 January 1769, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 22 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.