Joseph MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS

Born

25 April 1746 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Died

13 February 1834 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Joseph ROBIDAS MANSEAU Josephte PINARD dite BEAUCHEMIN

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Born: 25 April 1746 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph ROBIDAS MANSEAU

Mother: Josephte PINARD dite BEAUCHEMIN

Paternal grandparents: Gabriel ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU , Marie-Madeleine BENOIT

Maternal grandparents: Guillaume PINARD dit BEAUCHEMIN , Jeanne-Marguerite LECLERC

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Joseph married Elisabeth PINARD 16 July 1781 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Elisabeth PINARD was born 3 March 1761 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Elisabeth died 17 July 1785 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Elisabeth was the child of Jean-Baptiste PINARD and Marie-Antoinette PROULX.

Joseph MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS died 13 February 1834 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, 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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Elisabeth PINARD
Marriage date: 16 July 1781
Marriage place: Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Elisabeth PINARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste PINARD and Marie-Antoinette PROULX

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Birth — 1746
25 April 1746
Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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.

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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS and Elisabeth PINARD 16 July 1781, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He was 35 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)