Joseph DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS

(b. 13 June 1726 , Champlain, Canada, New France d. 16 January 1800 , Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Joseph DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS was born 13 June 1726 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Joseph DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Jeanne LECLERC dite FLEURENT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Thomasee-Jeanne ARTAULT (ARTEAU) (maternal) Florent LECLERC and Jeanne-Marie-Anne AUBUCHON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Marie JUTRAS 7 May 1753 in Nicolet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie JUTRAS was born abt. 1733 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie was the child of Michel JUTRAS dit DESROSIERS and Marie-Ursule PINARD.

Joseph DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS died 16 January 1800 in Nicolet, 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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Joseph DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS married

Marie JUTRAS-- Date: 7 May 1753 Place: Nicolet, Canada, New France
Marie JUTRAS was the child of Michel JUTRAS dit DESROSIERS and Marie-Ursule PINARD

Children of Joseph DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Marie JUTRAS:

Pierre DESILETS (b.1 April 1773, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Elisabeth LEFEBVRE 2 October 1798 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1726 Birth
13 June 1726
Champlain, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Marie JUTRAS 7 May 1753, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He was 26 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.

1773 Birth of Child
Pierre DESILETS was born 1 April 1773, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Joseph was 46 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)

1798 Marriage of Child
Pierre DESILETS married 2 October 1798, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Elisabeth LEFEBVRE