Joseph GAURON dit BESOTTE

(b. 5 October 1720 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 16 August 1811 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Joseph GAURON dit BESOTTE was born 5 October 1720 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Joseph GAURON dit BESOTTE was the child of Michel GAURON and Marie-Renee HUBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel GAURON dit PETITBOIS and Marguerite ROBINEAU (maternal) Simon HUBERT and Marie-Anne LAREAU

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Joseph married Madeleine DESROCHERS dite LAFRENIERE 10 October 1768 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine DESROCHERS dite LAFRENIERE was born 8 January 1731 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Madeleine died 28 December 1810 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Madeleine was the child of Gabriel DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE.

Joseph GAURON dit BESOTTE died 16 August 1811 in Berthierville, 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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Joseph GAURON dit BESOTTE married

Madeleine DESROCHERS dite LAFRENIERE-- Date: 10 October 1768 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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Madeleine DESROCHERS dite LAFRENIERE was the child of Gabriel DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE

Children of Joseph GAURON dit BESOTTE and Madeleine DESROCHERS dite LAFRENIERE:

Josephte GAURON (b.28 March 1753, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 29 May 1821, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada)
m. Mathurin LEMAY 15 February 1773 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

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1720 Birth
5 October 1720
La-Pérade, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Birth of Child
Josephte GAURON was born 28 March 1753, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Joseph was 32 years old.

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
Joseph GAURON dit BESOTTE and Madeleine DESROCHERS dite LAFRENIERE 10 October 1768, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 48 years old.

1773 Marriage of Child
Josephte GAURON married 15 February 1773, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) to Mathurin LEMAY

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.