Geneviève ELIE dite BRETON

Born

20 March 1740 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Died

1 November 1790 , L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada

Geneviève married Charles-Athanase LEMELIN 17 January 1756 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles-Athanase LEMELIN was born 2 May 1730 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France. Charles-Athanase died 17 February 1801 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada . Charles-Athanase was the child of Louis-Thomas LEMELIN and Geneviève POULIOT .

Parents & Family of Geneviève ELIE dite BRETON

Parents of Geneviève ELIE dite BRETON

Father

Pierre ELIE dit BRETON

Mother

Marie-Helene GROMELIN dite LAFORME

Grandparents of Geneviève ELIE dite BRETON

Paternal grandparents

Jean ELIE dit BRETON Jeanne LABBE

Maternal grandparents

Noel GROMELIN dit LAFORME Marie BALAN dite LACOMBE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Geneviève ELIE dite BRETON

Geneviève ELIE dite BRETON married

Charles-Athanase LEMELIN
Marriage date: 17 January 1756
Marriage place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Charles-Athanase LEMELIN was the child of Louis-Thomas LEMELIN and Geneviève POULIOT

Children of Charles-Athanase LEMELIN and Geneviève ELIE dite BRETON

François LEMELIN

Born: 1 June 1765, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 29 August 1847, L'Acadie, Canada East

Married: Therese ROBERT 9 February 1795 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Geneviève's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1740
20 March 1740
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève ELIE dite BRETON and Charles-Athanase LEMELIN 17 January 1756, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 15 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.

1765 Birth of Child
François LEMELIN was born 1 June 1765, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Geneviève was 25 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.