Suzanne BRUNET dite BELHUMEUR

(b. 3 March 1736 , Terrebonne, Canada, New France d. 27 April 1813 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Suzanne BRUNET dite BELHUMEUR was born 3 March 1736 in Terrebonne, Canada, New France

Suzanne BRUNET dite BELHUMEUR was the child of Jean-François BRUNET dit BELHUMEUR and Marie-Anne THIBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BRUNET dit BELHUMEUR and Marie-Anne MÉNARD (maternal) Nicolas THIBAULT and Anne BADEAU (BADAULT)

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

Suzanne married Jacques MEILLEUR 22 November 1756 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques MEILLEUR was born 26 January 1733 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Jacques was the child of Jacques MEILLEUR and Ursule QUENNEVILLE.

Suzanne BRUNET dite BELHUMEUR died 27 April 1813 in Montréal, Lower Canada .

m. Meilleur Jacques

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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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Suzanne BRUNET dite BELHUMEUR married

Jacques MEILLEUR-- Date: 22 November 1756 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

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Jacques MEILLEUR was the child of Jacques MEILLEUR and Ursule QUENNEVILLE

Children of Jacques MEILLEUR and Suzanne BRUNET dite BELHUMEUR:

Jean-Baptiste MEILLEUR (b.26 April 1765, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Thérèse BOUCHER 27 September 1790 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

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1736 Birth
3 March 1736
Terrebonne, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Suzanne BRUNET dite BELHUMEUR and Jacques MEILLEUR 22 November 1756, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 20 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MEILLEUR was born 26 April 1765, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Suzanne was 29 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.