Jean-Baptiste QUINTIN dit DUBOIS

(b. abt. 1754 , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 May 1816 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste QUINTIN dit DUBOIS was born abt. 1754 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste QUINTIN dit DUBOIS was the child of Joseph QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Marie-Louise PETIT dite LAPRÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Jeanne DALPE dite PARISEAU (maternal) Louis PETIT dit LAPRÉ and Marie-Anne MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Anne COLLETTE (COLLET) 11 February 1782 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne COLLETTE (COLLET) was born 17 June 1763 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Anne died 25 January 1839 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska). Marie-Anne was the child of Thomas COLLET (COLLETTE) and Marie-Josephte LUSSIER.

Jean-Baptiste QUINTIN dit DUBOIS died 24 May 1816 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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-Baptiste QUINTIN dit DUBOIS married

Marie-Anne COLLETTE (COLLET)-- Date: 11 February 1782 Place: Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne COLLETTE (COLLET) was the child of Thomas COLLET (COLLETTE) and Marie-Josephte LUSSIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Marie-Anne COLLETTE (COLLET):

Euphrosine-Rosalie QUINTIN dite DUBOIS (b.17 April 1795, Varennes, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Pierre BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE 21 October 1811 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Ursule QUINTIN dite DUBOIS (b.25 January 1799, Lachenaie, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Toussaint AUDET dit LAPOINTE 28 September 1813 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Marie-Anne COLLETTE (COLLET) 11 February 1782, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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)

1795 Birth of Child
Euphrosine-Rosalie QUINTIN dite DUBOIS was born 17 April 1795, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

1799 Birth of Child
Ursule QUINTIN dite DUBOIS was born 25 January 1799, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

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

1811 Marriage of Child
Euphrosine-Rosalie QUINTIN dite DUBOIS married 21 October 1811, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Pierre BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE

1813 Marriage of Child
Ursule QUINTIN dite DUBOIS married 28 September 1813, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Toussaint AUDET dit LAPOINTE