Jean-Baptiste TALBOT dit GERVAIS

(b. 18 January 1764 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 August 1817 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste TALBOT dit GERVAIS was born 18 January 1764 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste TALBOT dit GERVAIS was the child of Jean-Damien TALBOT dit GERVAIS and Angélique RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean TALBOT dit GERVAIS and Barbe FORTIN (maternal) Francois RICHARD and Charlotte-Françoise BERNIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Thérèse CLOUTIER 26 January 1790 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Thérèse CLOUTIER was born 25 September 1756 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Thérèse died 24 January 1822 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Guillaume CLOUTIER and Françoise-Elisabeth BERNIER.

Jean-Baptiste TALBOT dit GERVAIS died 14 August 1817 in L'Islet, 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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Marie-Thérèse CLOUTIER-- Date: 26 January 1790 Place: L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Thérèse CLOUTIER was the child of Guillaume CLOUTIER and Françoise-Elisabeth BERNIER

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1764 Birth
18 January 1764
Berthier-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1790 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste TALBOT dit GERVAIS and Marie-Thérèse CLOUTIER 26 January 1790, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

He was 26 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)