Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR

Born

30 September 1742 , Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France

Died

7 February 1806 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

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Joseph BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR Marie-Josephe LAUZON

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Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR was born 30 September 1742 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France

Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR was the child of Joseph BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Josephe LAUZON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Anne MARSAN dite LAPIERRE (maternal) Michel LAUZON and Marie-Anne COITOU dite ST-JEAN

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Antoine-Amable married Marie-Josephte PROULX 7 July 1766 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephte PROULX was born 19 June 1748 in Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes). Marie-Josephte died 2 April 1810 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Thomas PROULX and Josephte LAROCQUE.

Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR died 7 February 1806 in Saint-Eustache, Lower 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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Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR married

Marie-Josephte PROULX-- Date: 7 July 1766 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie-Josephte PROULX was the child of Thomas PROULX and Josephte LAROCQUE

Children of Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Josephte PROULX

Marie-Anne BIROLEAU (b.16 September 1771, Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 July 1796, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste HAMELIN 22 June 1790 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Ursule BIROLEAU dite LAFLEUR (b.7 September 1773, Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph HAMELIN dit BELOU 23 April 1792 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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1742 Birth
30 September 1742
Sainte-Geneviève, 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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Antoine-Amable BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Josephte PROULX 7 July 1766, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 23 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BIROLEAU was born 16 September 1771, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Antoine-Amable was 28 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Ursule BIROLEAU dite LAFLEUR was born 7 September 1773, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Antoine-Amable was 30 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.