Jean-Baptiste LACROIX dit LAROSE

(b. 1 January 1718 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 28 February 1786 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LACROIX dit LAROSE was born 1 January 1718 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LACROIX dit LAROSE was the child of Andre LACROIX and Marie-Madeleine MARCHAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-David LACROIX and Marie-Barthélémie MAILLOUX (maternal) François MARCHAND and Madeleine GROLEAU

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite FORGUES 22 February 1745 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . Marguerite FORGUES was born 19 July 1724 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Marguerite died 26 August 1787 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Joseph FORGUES and Jeanne-Marguerite PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE.

Jean-Baptiste LACROIX dit LAROSE died 28 February 1786 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Forgues Marguerite

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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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Marguerite FORGUES-- Date: 22 February 1745 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Marguerite FORGUES was the child of Joseph FORGUES and Jeanne-Marguerite PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE

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1718 Birth
1 January 1718
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1745 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LACROIX dit LAROSE and Marguerite FORGUES 22 February 1745, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

He was 27 years old.

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.

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.