Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE

Born

13 January 1735 , Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

10 December 1821 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE Marie-Madeleine GALIPEAU

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Born: 13 January 1735 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE

Mother: Marie-Madeleine GALIPEAU

Paternal grandparents: Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE LAFRAMBOISE , Thérèse-Geneviève MIGNERON

Maternal grandparents: Antoine GALIPEAU , Françoise CAMBIN

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Jacques married Marie-Ursule PLOUFFE 11 October 1763 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Ursule PLOUFFE was born 10 April 1747 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Ursule died 29 September 1820 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Ursule was the child of Jean PLOUFFE and Marie-Jeanne FOISY dite LAFRENIÈRE.

Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE died 10 December 1821 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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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Marie-Ursule PLOUFFE
Marriage date: 11 October 1763
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Ursule PLOUFFE was the child of Jean PLOUFFE and Marie-Jeanne FOISY dite LAFRENIÈRE

Children of Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE and Marie-Ursule PLOUFFE

Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE

Born: 26 May 1769, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 31 March 1842, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Married: Catherine BÉRARD dite LEPINE 10 September 1787 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE

Born: 16 January 1776, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 June 1853, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Married: Genevieve-Rosalie ARPIN 4 February 1799 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Marie-Mery BONNIER dite LAPLANTE

Born: 9 September 1778, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 16 November 1850, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Married: Jacques GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN 7 July 1794 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Basile CLOUTIER 26 June 1809 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise BONNIER dite LAPLANTE

Born: 16 July 1785, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 13 May 1849, Sorel, Canada East

Married: Louis BELAND 8 July 1805 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1735
13 January 1735
Longue-Pointe, Montréal, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE and Marie-Ursule PLOUFFE 11 October 1763, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE was born 26 May 1769, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 34 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 Birth of Child
Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE was born 16 January 1776, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 41 years old.

1778 Birth of Child
Marie-Mery BONNIER dite LAPLANTE was born 9 September 1778, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 43 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BONNIER dite LAPLANTE was born 16 July 1785, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jacques was 50 years old.

1787 Marriage of Child
Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE married 10 September 1787, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Catherine BÉRARD dite LEPINE

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Marriage of Child
Marie-Mery BONNIER dite LAPLANTE married 7 July 1794, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Jacques GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN

1799 Marriage of Child
Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE married 4 February 1799, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Genevieve-Rosalie ARPIN

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1805 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise BONNIER dite LAPLANTE married 8 July 1805 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Louis BELAND

1809 Marriage of Child
Marie-Mery BONNIER dite LAPLANTE married 26 June 1809, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Basile CLOUTIER

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England