Joseph BOURDELAIS dit BRÊME

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29 May 1730 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Died

7 January 1791 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

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Pierre-Claude BOURDELAIS dit BREME Marie-Madeleine DEGAME (DEGANNE)

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Born: 29 May 1730 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre-Claude BOURDELAIS dit BREME

Mother: Marie-Madeleine DEGAME (DEGANNE)

Paternal grandparents: Antoine BOURDELAIS dit BREME , Marie BELAIR dite DELPECHE

Maternal grandparents: Leon DEGAME (DEGANNE) , Marie-Jeanne BEGNIER (BESNIER)

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Joseph married Geneviève CHARRON 25 June 1753 in Berthierville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Geneviève CHARRON was born 16 February 1734 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Geneviève died 17 December 1804 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Geneviève was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHARRON and Marie-Charles-Charlotte BOUCHER.

Joseph BOURDELAIS dit BRÊME died 7 January 1791 in Berthierville, Lower 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 BOURDELAIS dit BRÊME

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Joseph BOURDELAIS dit BRÊME married

Geneviève CHARRON
Marriage date: 25 June 1753
Marriage place: Berthierville, Canada, New France
Geneviève CHARRON was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHARRON and Marie-Charles-Charlotte BOUCHER

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Married at Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier

Children of Joseph BOURDELAIS dit BRÊME and Geneviève CHARRON

François BOURDELAIS dit BREME

Born: 27 February 1762, Québec, Canada
Died: 7 July 1796, Lanoraie, Lower Canada

Married: Thérèse TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE 29 January 1787 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Marie-Geneviève BOURDELAIS dite BREME

Born: 21 May 1762, Berthierville, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis COTE 30 December 1776 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Catherine BOURDELAIS dite BREME

Born: 29 August 1765, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 22 September 1809, Berthierville, Lower Canada

Married: François-Marie DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE 6 October 1788 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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Birth — 1730
29 May 1730
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BOURDELAIS dit BRÊME and Geneviève CHARRON 25 June 1753, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 23 years old.

Joseph BOURDELAIS dit BRÊME - 1753 marriage

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Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1762 Birth of Child
François BOURDELAIS dit BREME was born 27 February 1762, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Joseph was 31 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève BOURDELAIS dite BREME was born 21 May 1762, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Joseph was 32 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.

1765 Birth of Child
Catherine BOURDELAIS dite BREME was born 29 August 1765, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Joseph was 35 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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Marie-Geneviève BOURDELAIS dite BREME married 30 December 1776, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Louis COTE

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
François BOURDELAIS dit BREME married 29 January 1787, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada to Thérèse TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE

1788 Marriage of Child
Catherine BOURDELAIS dite BREME married 6 October 1788 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to François-Marie DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE