Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU

(b. 22 September 1763 , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 June 1831 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU was born 22 September 1763 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU and Françoise LEMIRE dite GAUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) and Agathe SICARD dite CARUFEL (maternal) Alexis LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE and Marie-Anne DELGUEL dite LABRÈCHE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Celeste VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE 22 November 1789 in Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Celeste VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE was born abt. 1769 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Celeste died 20 June 1843 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Marie-Celeste was the child of Louis VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE and Marie-Ursule SICARD dite CARUFEL.

Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU died 28 June 1831 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada .

m. Vanasse Marie-Celeste

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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 PETIT dit BRUNEAU married

Marie-Celeste VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE-- Date: 22 November 1789 Place: Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Celeste VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE was the child of Louis VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE and Marie-Ursule SICARD dite CARUFEL

Children of Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU and Marie-Celeste VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE:

Marguerite BRUNEAU (BRUNO) (b.3 May 1799, Maskinongé, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Charles MAROIS 16 January 1826 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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1763 Birth
22 September 1763
Québec Province, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU and Marie-Celeste VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE 22 November 1789, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

He was 26 years old.

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

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

1799 Birth of Child
Marguerite BRUNEAU (BRUNO) was born 3 May 1799, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England