Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

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14 January 1767 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

5 March 1816 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

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Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE Marie-Jeanne VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE

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Born: 14 January 1767 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

Mother: Marie-Jeanne VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE

Paternal grandparents: Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE , Angélique PIETTE (PIET) dite TREMPE

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE , Marguerite-Jeanne POTHIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Anne DUPUIS 24 October 1796 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne DUPUIS was born 20 June 1774 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Anne was the child of Charles DUPUIS and Geneviève DESERRE.

Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE died 5 March 1816 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .
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Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE married

Marie-Anne DUPUIS
Marriage date: 24 October 1796
Marriage place: Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne DUPUIS was the child of Charles DUPUIS and Geneviève DESERRE

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Geneviève DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

Born: 28 October 1797, Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died: 14 July 1835, Berthierville, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste FUSEAU dit ROCH 13 November 1815 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1767
14 January 1767
Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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)

1796 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marie-Anne DUPUIS 24 October 1796 , Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

He was 29 years old.

1797 Birth of Child
Geneviève DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE was born 28 October 1797, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

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

1815 Marriage of Child
Geneviève DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE married 13 November 1815 , Berthierville, Lower Canada to Jean-Baptiste FUSEAU dit ROCH