Jean-Baptiste ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ

Born

24 October 1723 , Deschaillons, Canada, New France

Died

9 September 1789 , Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada

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Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ Marie-Marguerite LEBOEUF

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Jean-Baptiste ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ was born 24 October 1723 in Deschaillons, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ was the child of Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ and Marie-Marguerite LEBOEUF and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gaspard ROIROUX dit LALIBERTÉ and Marguerite HÉBERT dite LAVERDURE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LEBOEUF and Marie-Thérèse LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Madeleine BRISSON 22 April 1748 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine BRISSON was born 21 January 1726 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Madeleine died 26 March 1798 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Marie-Madeleine was the child of François-Michel BRISSON and Marguerite PERRAULT.

Jean-Baptiste ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ died 9 September 1789 in Beloeil, 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 ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ married

Marie-Madeleine BRISSON-- Date: 22 April 1748 Place: Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine BRISSON was the child of François-Michel BRISSON and Marguerite PERRAULT

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Madeleine ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ (b.abt. 1747, , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 September 1833, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste DAUNAIS dit FRENIERE 1772 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1723 Birth
24 October 1723
Deschaillons, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ and Marie-Madeleine BRISSON 22 April 1748, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

He was 24 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.

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.