Jean-Baptiste-Jacques JEAN dit MAURICE

(b. 14 May 1751 , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 April 1780 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste-Jacques JEAN dit MAURICE was born 14 May 1751 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste-Jacques JEAN dit MAURICE was the child of Maurice JEAN and Marthe BUSSIERE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean BUSSIERE and Ursule RONDEAU

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Jean-Baptiste-Jacques married Marie-Geneviève BRUNET 17 August 1772 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève BRUNET was born abt. 1764 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Alexis BRUNET and Marguerite RACINE.

Jean-Baptiste-Jacques JEAN dit MAURICE died 23 April 1780 in Québec, Province of Québec, 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-Jacques JEAN dit MAURICE married

Marie-Geneviève BRUNET-- Date: 17 August 1772 Place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Geneviève BRUNET was the child of Alexis BRUNET and Marguerite RACINE

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Children of Jean-Baptiste-Jacques JEAN dit MAURICE and Marie-Geneviève BRUNET:

Julie JEAN dite MAURICE (b.abt. 1774, , Québec Province, Canada d. 25 June 1840, Ste-Mélanie-d'Ailleboust, Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste ROUILLARD dit PRONOVOST 12 January 1795 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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1751 Birth
14 May 1751
Québec Province, Canada

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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste-Jacques JEAN dit MAURICE and Marie-Geneviève BRUNET 17 August 1772, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 21 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.