Jean TINON dit DESROCHES

(b. 25 July 1734 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 18 February 1806 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada )

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Jean TINON dit DESROCHES was born 25 July 1734 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Jean TINON dit DESROCHES was the child of Jean-Francois TINON dit DESROCHES and Marie-Anne DEMERS (DUMAIS) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles TINON dit DESROCHES and Marie-Anne BONNEDEAU dite CHATELLERAULT (maternal) Jean DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Jeanne ARRIVEE (LARRIVÉE) dite DESLISLE

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Jean married Marie-Agathe COTIN dite DUGAL 26 February 1753 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Agathe COTIN dite DUGAL was born 7 May 1734 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Agathe died 20 June 1807 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Agathe was the child of Joseph COTIN dit DUGAL and Marie-Charlotte GABOURY.

Jean TINON dit DESROCHES died 18 February 1806 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada.

m. Cotin Marie-Agathe

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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 TINON dit DESROCHES married

Marie-Agathe COTIN dite DUGAL-- Date: 26 February 1753 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Marie-Agathe COTIN dite DUGAL was the child of Joseph COTIN dit DUGAL and Marie-Charlotte GABOURY

Children of Jean TINON dit DESROCHES and Marie-Agathe COTIN dite DUGAL:

Agathe DESROCHES (b.28 March 1757, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 8 September 1814, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada)

Ambroise DESROCHES (b.9 January 1763, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 January 1811, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada)

Marie-Madeleine DESROCHES dite TINON (b.14 January 1769, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 February 1834, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Lower Canada)

Jean-Baptiste DESROCHES (b.abt. 1777, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Charles DESROCHES (b.abt. 1789, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1734 Birth
25 July 1734
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Jean TINON dit DESROCHES and Marie-Agathe COTIN dite DUGAL 26 February 1753 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

He was 18 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Agathe DESROCHES was born 28 March 1757, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Jean was 22 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Ambroise DESROCHES was born 9 January 1763, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Jean was 28 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine DESROCHES dite TINON was born 14 January 1769, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Jean 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.