Marie-Jeanne BONNEAU dite LABÉCASSE

(b. 26 August 1725 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 30 April 1792 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Jeanne BONNEAU dite LABÉCASSE was born 26 August 1725 in Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Jeanne BONNEAU dite LABÉCASSE was the child of Unknown UNKNOWN and Marie BONNEAU dite LABÉCASSE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph BONNEAU dit LABÉCASSE and Madeleine DUCHESNE

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Marie-Jeanne married Jean-Mathurin MEUNIER 25 November 1743 in Québec, Canada, New France . Jean-Mathurin MEUNIER was born 31 July 1722 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Jean-Mathurin was the child of Mathurin MEUNIER and Catherine BONHOMME.

Marie-Jeanne BONNEAU dite LABÉCASSE died 30 April 1792 in Montréal, 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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Jean-Mathurin MEUNIER-- Date: 25 November 1743 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Jean-Mathurin MEUNIER was the child of Mathurin MEUNIER and Catherine BONHOMME

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1725 Birth
26 August 1725
Québec, Canada, New France

1743 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Jeanne BONNEAU dite LABÉCASSE and Jean-Mathurin MEUNIER 25 November 1743, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 18 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.