Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE

(b. 16 December 1731 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 9 August 1817 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE was born 16 December 1731 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE was the child of Ignace BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Anne JOUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Anne MESSIER (maternal) Joseph JOUET and Marie-Catherine VENNE (VOYNE)

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Amable PETIT 30 October 1764 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Amable PETIT was born 20 December 1746 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Amable died 31 May 1817 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Marie-Amable was the child of Jean-Baptiste PETIT and Marguerite PINEAU (PINEAULT) dite LAPERLE.

Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE died 9 August 1817 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada .

m. Petit Marie-Amable

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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 BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE married

Marie-Amable PETIT-- Date: 30 October 1764 Place: Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Amable PETIT was the child of Jean-Baptiste PETIT and Marguerite PINEAU (PINEAULT) dite LAPERLE

Children of Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Amable PETIT:

Marie-Louise BRODEUR (b.23 October 1768, Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Michel TRUDEAU 7 February 1791 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE (b.15 October 1782, Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 August 1832, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Marguerite RENAUD 6 February 1804 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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1731 Birth
16 December 1731
Varennes, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Amable PETIT 30 October 1764, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 32 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BRODEUR was born 23 October 1768, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 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.

1782 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE was born 15 October 1782, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Jean-Baptiste was 50 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

1791 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise BRODEUR married 7 February 1791, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Michel TRUDEAU

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

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

1804 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE married 6 February 1804, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Marie-Marguerite RENAUD