Jean-Baptiste COUILLARD dit DESPRES

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22 June 1732 , L'Islet, Canada, New France

Died

23 April 1821 , L'Islet, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste COUILLARD dit DESPRES Reine CARON

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Born: 22 June 1732 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste COUILLARD dit DESPRES

Mother: Reine CARON

Paternal grandparents: Jacques COUILLARD , Elisabeth LEMIEUX

Maternal grandparents: François CARON , Françoise PARÉ

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephe PAIN 31 July 1758 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe PAIN was born 14 November 1734 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe died 5 August 1816 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Marie-Josephe was the child of Jean PAIN and Marie-Josephe BRISSON.

Jean-Baptiste COUILLARD dit DESPRES died 23 April 1821 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-Josephe PAIN
Marriage date: 31 July 1758
Marriage place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe PAIN was the child of Jean PAIN and Marie-Josephe BRISSON

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Marie-Archange COUILLARD dite DESPRES

Born: 11 August 1773, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Paul BERNIER 20 November 1792 Place: L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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Birth — 1732
22 June 1732
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste COUILLARD dit DESPRES and Marie-Josephe PAIN 31 July 1758, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 26 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.

1773 Birth of Child
Marie-Archange COUILLARD dite DESPRES was born 11 August 1773, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Jean-Baptiste was 41 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Marie-Archange COUILLARD dite DESPRES married 20 November 1792, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Paul BERNIER

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

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