Jean-Baptiste ELIE dit BRETON

(b. 4 March 1725 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 23 February 1781 , Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste ELIE dit BRETON was born 4 March 1725 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste ELIE dit BRETON was the child of Pierre ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Helene GROMELIN dite LAFORME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean ELIE dit BRETON and Jeanne LABBE (maternal) Noel GROMELIN dit LAFORME and Marie BALAN dite LACOMBE

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Jean-Baptiste married Genevieve-Salomee FOURNIER 15 June 1750 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Genevieve-Salomee FOURNIER was born 24 July 1732 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Genevieve-Salomee was the child of Jean FOURNIER and Louise JONCAS.

Jean-Baptiste ELIE dit BRETON died 23 February 1781 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, 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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Jean-Baptiste ELIE dit BRETON married

Genevieve-Salomee FOURNIER-- Date: 15 June 1750 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France
Genevieve-Salomee FOURNIER was the child of Jean FOURNIER and Louise JONCAS

Children of Jean-Baptiste ELIE dit BRETON and Genevieve-Salomee FOURNIER:

Joseph ELIE dit BRETON (b.9 March 1751, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 30 March 1842, St-Anselme, Canada)
m. Marie-Madeleine PLANTE 27 February 1775 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Genevieve-Ursule ELIE dite BRETON (b.2 September 1752, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 29 May 1809, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre VALLIERE 10 January 1774 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

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1725 Birth
4 March 1725
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ELIE dit BRETON and Genevieve-Salomee FOURNIER 15 June 1750, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

He was 25 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Joseph ELIE dit BRETON was born 9 March 1751, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 26 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Genevieve-Ursule ELIE dite BRETON was born 2 September 1752, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

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 of Child
Genevieve-Ursule ELIE dite BRETON married 10 January 1774, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada to Pierre VALLIERE

1775 Marriage of Child
Joseph ELIE dit BRETON married 27 February 1775, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada to Marie-Madeleine PLANTE

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.