Geneviève ELIE dite BRETON

(b. 20 March 1740 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 1 November 1790 , L'Acadie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Geneviève ELIE dite BRETON was born 20 March 1740 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Geneviève ELIE dite BRETON was the child of Pierre ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Helene GROMELIN dite LAFORME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean ELIE dit BRETON and Jeanne LABBE (maternal) Noel GROMELIN dit LAFORME and Marie BALAN dite LACOMBE

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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, Québec, Canada. Charles-Athanase died 17 February 1801 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Charles-Athanase was the child of Louis-Thomas LEMELIN and Geneviève POULIOT.

Geneviève ELIE dite BRETON died 1 November 1790 in L'Acadie, 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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Geneviève ELIE dite BRETON married

Charles-Athanase LEMELIN-- Date: 17 January 1756 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 (b.1 June 1765, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 29 August 1847, L'Acadie, Canada East )
m. Therese ROBERT 9 February 1795 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1740 Birth
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.