Joseph BOURGEOIS dit CALOTTE

(b. 10 March 1741 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 20 November 1833 , Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Joseph BOURGEOIS dit CALOTTE was born 10 March 1741 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

Joseph BOURGEOIS dit CALOTTE was the child of Pierre BOURGEOIS and Marie Françoise CORMIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles BOURGEOIS and Marie BLANCHARD (maternal) Pierre CORMIER and Catherine Marie LEBLANC

Joseph was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

Joseph BOURGEOIS dit CALOTTE died 20 November 1833 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.

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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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1741 Birth
10 March 1741
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

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.