Jean-Baptiste MORIN dit CHENEVERT

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15 December 1735 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

3 May 1832 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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Moise-Josue MORIN dit CHENEVERT Angélique LEGRIS

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Born: 15 December 1735 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Moise-Josue MORIN dit CHENEVERT

Mother: Angélique LEGRIS

Paternal grandparents: Moise MORIN , Madeleine MONIN

Maternal grandparents: Jean LEGRIS dit LEPINE , Marie-Geneviève SEDILOT

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Jean-Baptiste married Geneviève DESTREMPES 25 January 1776 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève DESTREMPES was born 13 December 1754 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Geneviève died 6 August 1831 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Geneviève was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESTREMPES and Geneviève BURON.

Jean-Baptiste MORIN dit CHENEVERT died 3 May 1832 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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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Geneviève DESTREMPES
Marriage date: 25 January 1776
Marriage place: Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève DESTREMPES was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESTREMPES and Geneviève BURON

Children of Jean-Baptiste MORIN dit CHENEVERT and Geneviève DESTREMPES

Marguerite MORIN dite CHENEVERT

Born: abt. 1790, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre BRISSET (BRISSETTE) 2 February 1818 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1735
15 December 1735
Québec, 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.

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 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MORIN dit CHENEVERT and Geneviève DESTREMPES 25 January 1776 , Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 40 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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

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.

1818 Marriage of Child
Marguerite MORIN dite CHENEVERT married 2 February 1818 , Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada to Pierre BRISSET (BRISSETTE)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)