Joseph BOISSEAU dit BELLEVILLE

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5 June 1726 , Verchères, Canada, New France

Died

8 March 1787 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada

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Vincent BOISSEAU dit BELLEVUE Marie-Marguerite VOLANT

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Born: 5 June 1726 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Father: Vincent BOISSEAU dit BELLEVUE

Mother: Marie-Marguerite VOLANT

Paternal grandparents: Pierre BOISSEAU dit BELLEVUE , Anne FOUBERT

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François VOLANT , Marguerite GODEFROY

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Joseph married Marie-Exupere DUHAMEL dite SANSFAÇON 23 September 1748 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Exupere DUHAMEL dite SANSFAÇON was born abt. 1728 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Exupere was the child of Exupere DUHAMEL dit SANSFAÇON and Marie-Catherine BOUVIER.

Joseph married (2) Marie-Marguerite CARDINAL 7 November 1785 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Marguerite CARDINAL was born 15 March 1728 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Jean LEROUX dit CARDINAL and Marie-Jeanne GALARNEAU.

Joseph BOISSEAU dit BELLEVILLE died 8 March 1787 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, 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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Spouse & Children of Joseph BOISSEAU dit BELLEVILLE

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Joseph BOISSEAU dit BELLEVILLE married

Marie-Exupere DUHAMEL dite SANSFAÇON
Marriage date: 23 September 1748
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada, New France
Marie-Exupere DUHAMEL dite SANSFAÇON was the child of Exupere DUHAMEL dit SANSFAÇON and Marie-Catherine BOUVIER

Children of Joseph BOISSEAU dit BELLEVILLE and Marie-Exupere DUHAMEL dite SANSFAÇON

Joseph BOISSEAU

Born: 25 October 1751, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Anne COURTEMANCHE 22 September 1788 Place: Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste BOISSEAU

Born: 16 February 1756, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 8 December 1809, Contrecœur, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Amable JACQUES 17 February 1783 Place: Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Joseph BOISSEAU dit BELLEVILLE married

Marie-Marguerite CARDINAL
Marriage date: 7 November 1785
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Marguerite CARDINAL was the child of Jean LEROUX dit CARDINAL and Marie-Jeanne GALARNEAU

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PRDH indicates that Marie Marguerite Cardinal, widow of __ Berard, married Joseph Boisseau Bellevue at St-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada in 1785

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Birth — 1726
5 June 1726
Verchères, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BOISSEAU dit BELLEVILLE and Marie-Exupere DUHAMEL dite SANSFAÇON 23 September 1748, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 22 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Joseph BOISSEAU was born 25 October 1751, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 25 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1756 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BOISSEAU was born 16 February 1756, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 29 years old.

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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BOISSEAU married 17 February 1783, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Marie-Amable JACQUES

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BOISSEAU dit BELLEVILLE and Marie-Marguerite CARDINAL 7 November 1785, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 59 years old.