Bernard JOLIVET dit LÉPINE

Born

22 March 1740 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

10 January 1777 , Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre JOLIVET dit LÉPINE Marie-Anne BLENIER dite JARRY (BLEIGNER)

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Born: 22 March 1740 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre JOLIVET dit LÉPINE

Mother: Marie-Anne BLENIER dite JARRY (BLEIGNER)

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas JOLIVET dit LEPINE , Marie-Catherine MORIN

Maternal grandparents: Bernard BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) , Jeanne CHERLOT

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Bernard married Genevieve-Amable PRESSEAU 12 January 1767 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve-Amable PRESSEAU was born 14 April 1748 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Genevieve-Amable died 21 June 1803 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Genevieve-Amable was the child of André PRESSEAU and Angelique LADOUCEUR dite LAMADELEINE.

Bernard JOLIVET dit LÉPINE died 10 January 1777 in Sainte-Geneviève, 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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Bernard JOLIVET dit LÉPINE married

Genevieve-Amable PRESSEAU
Marriage date: 12 January 1767
Marriage place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Genevieve-Amable PRESSEAU was the child of André PRESSEAU and Angelique LADOUCEUR dite LAMADELEINE

Children of Bernard JOLIVET dit LÉPINE and Genevieve-Amable PRESSEAU

Marie-Louise JOLIVET dite LÉPINE

Born: abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 12 January 1795, Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre DROUIN 13 February 1792 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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Birth — 1740
22 March 1740
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Bernard JOLIVET dit LÉPINE and Genevieve-Amable PRESSEAU 12 January 1767, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 26 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.