Louis-Elie ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON

(b. 20 March 1735 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 8 February 1796 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Elie ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON was born 20 March 1735 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Louis-Elie ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON was the child of Jacques ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON and Louise CASSE (LACASSE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean ELIE dit BRETON and Jeanne LABBE (maternal) Joseph CASSE (LACASSE) and Marie-Françoise BAZIN

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Louis-Elie married Thérèse CRÉPEAU 2 October 1769 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada . Thérèse CRÉPEAU was born 10 July 1728 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Thérèse died 12 July 1808 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Thérèse was the child of Basile CRÉPEAU and Marguerite RATTÉ.

Louis-Elie ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON died 8 February 1796 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Lower Canada.

m. Crepeau 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 CRÉPEAU-- Date: 2 October 1769 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada
Thérèse CRÉPEAU was the child of Basile CRÉPEAU and Marguerite RATTÉ

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1735 Birth
20 March 1735
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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
Louis-Elie ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON and Thérèse CRÉPEAU 2 October 1769 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 34 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.