Josephte-Apolline COTNOIR dite PRÉVILLE

(b. 16 May 1731 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France d. 28 February 1808 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Josephte-Apolline COTNOIR dite PRÉVILLE was born 16 May 1731 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Josephte-Apolline COTNOIR dite PRÉVILLE was the child of Antoine COTNOIR (COTTENOIRE) and Marie-Josephe DESROSIERS DU TREMBLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine COTNOIR (COTTENOIRE) DE VILLIER and Marguerite PROVENCHER (maternal) Jean DESROSIERS DU TREMBLE and Marie Françoise PETRONILLE DANDONNEAU

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Josephte-Apolline married Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER 15 February 1768 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER was born 5 August 1728 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Jean-Baptiste died 21 June 1794 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Etienne CARPENTIER and Madeleine ROUILLARD.

Josephte-Apolline COTNOIR dite PRÉVILLE died 28 February 1808 in Québec, Lower Canada .

m. Carpentier Jean-Baptiste

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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 CARPENTIER-- Date: 15 February 1768 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER was the child of Etienne CARPENTIER and Madeleine ROUILLARD

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1731 Birth
16 May 1731
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, 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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Josephte-Apolline COTNOIR dite PRÉVILLE and Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER 15 February 1768, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

She 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.