Marie-Josephte BRISSETTE dite BEAUPRE

(b. 4 September 1763 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. abt. 1831 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Marie-Josephte BRISSETTE dite BEAUPRE was born 4 September 1763 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte BRISSETTE dite BEAUPRE was the child of ? and ?

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Marie-Josephte married Louis LAMY dit DEFOND 24 October 1791 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis LAMY dit DEFOND was born abt. 1759 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Louis died 18 November 1833 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Louis was the child of Pierre LAMY dit DEFOND and Elisabeth-Marguerite COLLET (COLLETTE).

Marie-Josephte BRISSETTE dite BEAUPRE died abt. 1831 in Québec Province, Canada.

daughter of Joseph Martin Brissette dit Beaupre and Marguerite St Pierre

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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-Josephte BRISSETTE dite BEAUPRE married

Louis LAMY dit DEFOND-- Date: 24 October 1791 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada
Louis LAMY dit DEFOND was the child of Pierre LAMY dit DEFOND and Elisabeth-Marguerite COLLET (COLLETTE)

Children of Louis LAMY dit DEFOND and Marie-Josephte BRISSETTE dite BEAUPRE:

Josephte LAMY dite DEFOND (b.4 August 1795, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada d. 18 September 1882, Paroise de la Cathedrale, Joliette, Quebec, Canada)
m. Jacques-Louis MAILLET (MAILLE) 15 January 1816 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1763 Birth
4 September 1763
Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte BRISSETTE dite BEAUPRE and Louis LAMY dit DEFOND 24 October 1791, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

She was 28 years old.

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

1795 Birth of Child
Josephte LAMY dite DEFOND was born 4 August 1795, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Josephte was 31 years old.

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

1816 Marriage of Child
Josephte LAMY dite DEFOND married 15 January 1816, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada to Jacques-Louis MAILLET (MAILLE)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England