Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE

(b. 25 December 1756 , Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 10 April 1795 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE was born 25 December 1756 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE was the child of Jean-Baptitste GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE and Marie-Josephte VACHER dite LACERTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE and Madeleine BOURBEAU (maternal) Jean-Charles VACHER dit LACERTE and Marie-Claire BERGERON

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite HEROUX 13 February 1781 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marguerite HEROUX was born 4 December 1762 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marguerite died 15 November 1827 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marguerite was the child of Joseph-Jacques HEROUX and Marie-Josephte SYLVESTRE.

Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE died 10 April 1795 in Berthierville, Lower 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 GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE married

Marguerite HEROUX-- Date: 13 February 1781 Place: Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite HEROUX was the child of Joseph-Jacques HEROUX and Marie-Josephte SYLVESTRE

Children of Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE and Marguerite HEROUX:

Marguerite LACOURSE (b.10 November 1783, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 April 1867, Bonaventure, Canada East )

Euphrosine LACOURSE (b.abt. 1790, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Joseph LACOURSE (b.30 October 1794, Yamachiche, Lower Canada d. , )

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1756 Birth
25 December 1756
Yamachiche, Canada, New France

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.

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 / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE and Marguerite HEROUX 13 February 1781 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 24 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Marguerite LACOURSE was born 10 November 1783, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1794 Birth of Child
Joseph LACOURSE was born 30 October 1794, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.