Jean-Baptiste JEAN dit VINCENT

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24 January 1726 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

20 May 1804 , Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste JEAN dit VINCENT Marie-Jeanne MESSAGUIER dite LAPLAINE

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Born: 24 January 1726 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste JEAN dit VINCENT

Mother: Marie-Jeanne MESSAGUIER dite LAPLAINE

Paternal grandparents: Vincent JEAN , Gabrielle BAUNE (BEAULNE)

Maternal grandparents: Hugues-Jacques MESSAGUIER dit LAPLAINE , Marie-Jeanne RENOUARD

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Amable LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY 21 April 1755 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Amable LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY was born 5 April 1731 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Marie-Amable died 15 December 1816 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Marie-Amable was the child of Louis-Benjamin LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY and Marie-Françoise THOMELET.

Jean-Baptiste JEAN dit VINCENT died 20 May 1804 in Lachine, Montréal, 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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Marie-Amable LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY
Marriage date: 21 April 1755
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Amable LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY was the child of Louis-Benjamin LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY and Marie-Françoise THOMELET

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Basile-Jahan VINCENT dit DEJEAN

Born: 3 March 1767, Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 3 September 1832, Montréal, Lower Canada

Married: Marie LAUZON 14 February 1793 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Birth — 1726
24 January 1726
Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste JEAN dit VINCENT and Marie-Amable LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY 21 April 1755, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 29 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.

1767 Birth of Child
Basile-Jahan VINCENT dit DEJEAN was born 3 March 1767, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Jean-Baptiste was 41 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.

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)

1793 Marriage of Child
Basile-Jahan VINCENT dit DEJEAN married 14 February 1793, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marie LAUZON

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