Basile-Jahan VINCENT dit DEJEAN

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3 March 1767 , Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

3 September 1832 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste JEAN dit VINCENT Marie-Amable LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY

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Born: 3 March 1767 in Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste JEAN dit VINCENT

Mother: Marie-Amable LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste JEAN dit VINCENT , Marie-Jeanne MESSAGUIER dite LAPLAINE

Maternal grandparents: Louis-Benjamin LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY , Marie-Françoise THOMELET

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Basile-Jahan married Marie LAUZON 14 February 1793 in Montréal, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie LAUZON was born abt. 1775 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAUZON and Marie-Louise FORGET dite DESPATITS.

Basile-Jahan VINCENT dit DEJEAN died 3 September 1832 in 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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Basile-Jahan VINCENT dit DEJEAN married

Marie LAUZON
Marriage date: 14 February 1793
Marriage place: Montréal, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie LAUZON was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAUZON and Marie-Louise FORGET dite DESPATITS

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Children of Basile-Jahan VINCENT dit DEJEAN and Marie LAUZON

Pierre VINCENT

Born: April 1809, Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada
Died: 8 December 1882, Burlington, Vermont, USA

Married: Josephine RENAUD 16 May 1831 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Birth — 1767
3 March 1767
Lachine, Montréal, 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)

1793 Marriage / Partner
Basile-Jahan VINCENT dit DEJEAN and Marie LAUZON 14 February 1793, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

Basile-Jahan VINCENT dit DEJEAN - 1793 marriage

1793 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1809 Birth of Child
Pierre VINCENT was born April 1809, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Basile-Jahan was 42 years old.

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.

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)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1831 Marriage of Child
Pierre VINCENT married 16 May 1831, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Josephine RENAUD