Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU

(b. abt. 1726 , Québec Province, Canada d. 30 August 1808 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU was born abt. 1726 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU and Madeleine POTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) and Marie-Madeleine CHENAY dite LAGARENNE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste POTHIER and Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS

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Joseph married Marie-Anne VANASSE dite BASTIEN 13 February 1753 in Maskinongé, Canada, New France . Marie-Anne VANASSE dite BASTIEN was born abt. 1731 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne died 19 July 1793 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Marie-Anne was the child of Sebastien VANASSE and Marie-Suzanne BARON dite LUPIEN.

Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU died 30 August 1808 in Maskinongé, 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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Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU married

Marie-Anne VANASSE dite BASTIEN-- Date: 13 February 1753 Place: Maskinongé, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne VANASSE dite BASTIEN was the child of Sebastien VANASSE and Marie-Suzanne BARON dite LUPIEN

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU and Marie-Anne VANASSE dite BASTIEN 13 February 1753, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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.