Joseph ELIE dit BRETON

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9 March 1751 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Died

30 March 1842 , St-Anselme, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste ELIE dit BRETON Genevieve-Salomee FOURNIER

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Born: 9 March 1751 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste ELIE dit BRETON

Mother: Genevieve-Salomee FOURNIER

Paternal grandparents: Pierre ELIE dit BRETON , Marie-Helene GROMELIN dite LAFORME

Maternal grandparents: Jean FOURNIER , Louise JONCAS

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Joseph married Marie-Madeleine PLANTE 27 February 1775 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine PLANTE was born abt. 1750 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Madeleine died 12 June 1814 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Georges PLANTE and Madeleine MORISSET (MORISSETTE).

Joseph ELIE dit BRETON died 30 March 1842 in St-Anselme, 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 ELIE dit BRETON married

Marie-Madeleine PLANTE
Marriage date: 27 February 1775
Marriage place: Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Madeleine PLANTE was the child of Georges PLANTE and Madeleine MORISSET (MORISSETTE)

Children of Joseph ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Madeleine PLANTE

Pierre ELIE dit BRETON

Born: 30 June 1786, Saint-Henri, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Louise BEAUDOIN 13 October 1806 Place: Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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Birth — 1751
9 March 1751
Saint-Vallier, 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 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Madeleine PLANTE 27 February 1775, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 23 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)

1786 Birth of Child
Pierre ELIE dit BRETON was born 30 June 1786, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

Joseph was 35 years old.

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

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

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

1806 Marriage of Child
Pierre ELIE dit BRETON married 13 October 1806, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon) to Marie-Louise BEAUDOIN