Jean-Baptiste SERRE dit ST-JEAN

(b. 15 December 1740 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 8 September 1830 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste SERRE dit ST-JEAN was born 15 December 1740 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste SERRE dit ST-JEAN was the child of Denis SERRE dit ST-JEAN and Veronique MORISSEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) André SERRE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Anne BOILARD (maternal) Pierre MORISSEAU and Catherine CAILLONNEAU

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Jean-Baptiste married Madeleine FRETE 16 January 1769 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Madeleine FRETE was born 1 February 1739 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Madeleine died 25 December 1809 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of François-Sylvestre FRETE dit LAMOTHE and Catherine TESSIER.

Jean-Baptiste SERRE dit ST-JEAN died 8 September 1830 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada.

m. Frêté Madeleine

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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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Madeleine FRETE-- Date: 16 January 1769 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine FRETE was the child of François-Sylvestre FRETE dit LAMOTHE and Catherine TESSIER

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1740 Birth
15 December 1740
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, 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
Jean-Baptiste SERRE dit ST-JEAN and Madeleine FRETE 16 January 1769 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 28 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.