Jean-Baptiste FUSEAU dit ROCH

(b. 17 February 1793 , Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 15 January 1826 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 17 February 1793 in Berthierville, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste FUSEAU dit ROCH was the child of François-D'assises FUSEAU dit ROCH and Marie-Judith TELLIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH and Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN (maternal) Charles TELLIER and Geneviève DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

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Jean-Baptiste married Geneviève DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE 13 November 1815 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . Geneviève DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE was born 28 October 1797 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Geneviève died 14 July 1835 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Geneviève was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marie-Anne DUPUIS.

Jean-Baptiste FUSEAU dit ROCH died 15 January 1826 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .

m. Desrosiers Genevieve

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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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Geneviève DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE-- Date: 13 November 1815 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Geneviève DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marie-Anne DUPUIS

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1793 Birth
17 February 1793
Berthierville, Lower Canada

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

1815 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FUSEAU dit ROCH and Geneviève DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE 13 November 1815 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 22 years old.

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.