Louis GEORGETEAU dit JOLICOEUR

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20 March 1739 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

27 June 1793 , Rivière-du-Nord, Quebec, Canada

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Claude GEORGETEAU dit JOLICOEUR Marie-Anne DEFOND

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Born: 20 March 1739 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Claude GEORGETEAU dit JOLICOEUR

Mother: Marie-Anne DEFOND

Paternal grandparents: Pierre GEORGETEAU , Isabelle MERLET

Maternal grandparents: Pierre DEFOND , Marie-Agnes EMOND

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Louis married Catherine LEMAY dite DELORME 20 February 1764 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine LEMAY dite DELORME was born 4 August 1743 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Catherine died 9 January 1817 in St-Benoit, Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada. Catherine was the child of Barthelemy LEMAY dit DELORME and Marie AUBERT dite LATOUCHE.

Louis GEORGETEAU dit JOLICOEUR died 27 June 1793 in Rivière-du-Nord, Quebec, 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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Louis GEORGETEAU dit JOLICOEUR married

Catherine LEMAY dite DELORME
Marriage date: 20 February 1764
Marriage place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine LEMAY dite DELORME was the child of Barthelemy LEMAY dit DELORME and Marie AUBERT dite LATOUCHE

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Sault-aux-Recollet

Children of Louis GEORGETEAU dit JOLICOEUR and Catherine LEMAY dite DELORME

Josephte GEORGETEAU dite JOLICOEUR

Born: 3 August 1770, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 2 March 1841, Rigaud, Canada East

Married: Joseph LAROCQUE 1787

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Birth — 1739
20 March 1739
Montréal, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Louis GEORGETEAU dit JOLICOEUR and Catherine LEMAY dite DELORME 20 February 1764, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 24 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Josephte GEORGETEAU dite JOLICOEUR was born 3 August 1770, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Louis was 31 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.