Joseph MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR

Born

28 July 1741 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Died

8 February 1800 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

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Antoine MOREAU Madeleine BRÛLÉ

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Born: 28 July 1741 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Father: Antoine MOREAU

Mother: Madeleine BRÛLÉ

Paternal grandparents: Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR , Françoise-Angélique MÉLINE

Maternal grandparents: Antoine BRÛLÉ dit FRANCOEUR , Marie-Renée COTNOIR (COTTENOIRE)

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Joseph married Marie-Charlotte COTNOIR 7 February 1774 in Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Charlotte COTNOIR was born 29 November 1740 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Marie-Charlotte died 3 December 1787 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte was the child of Antoine COTNOIR (COTTENOIRE) and Marie-Josephe DESROSIERS DU TREMBLE.

Joseph MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR died 8 February 1800 in Berthierville, 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 MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR married

Marie-Charlotte COTNOIR
Marriage date: 7 February 1774
Marriage place: Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Charlotte COTNOIR was the child of Antoine COTNOIR (COTTENOIRE) and Marie-Josephe DESROSIERS DU TREMBLE

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Birth — 1741
28 July 1741
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Charlotte COTNOIR 7 February 1774, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

He was 32 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.