Jean-Baptiste PINEL dit LAFRANCE

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28 August 1731 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Died

18 December 1810 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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Charles-François PINEL dit LAFRANCE Marie-Anne OUELLET

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Born: 28 August 1731 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Father: Charles-François PINEL dit LAFRANCE

Mother: Marie-Anne OUELLET

Paternal grandparents: François-Xavier PINEL , Louise CONSTANTINEAU

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Abraham OUELLET , Françoise LIZOTTE

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Jean-Baptiste married Madeleine CHOISY dite DESENNEY 2 November 1757 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine CHOISY dite DESENNEY was born 23 January 1735 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Madeleine died 24 March 1817 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste-François CHOISY dit DESENNEY and Ursule ROBIN.

Jean-Baptiste PINEL dit LAFRANCE died 18 December 1810 in La Pocatière, 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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Jean-Baptiste PINEL dit LAFRANCE married

Madeleine CHOISY dite DESENNEY
Marriage date: 2 November 1757
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Canada, New France
Madeleine CHOISY dite DESENNEY was the child of Jean-Baptiste-François CHOISY dit DESENNEY and Ursule ROBIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Madeleine CHOISY dite DESENNEY

Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE

Born: abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT 4 November 1794 Place: La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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Birth — 1731
28 August 1731
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1757 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Madeleine CHOISY dite DESENNEY 2 November 1757, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 26 years old.

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.

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

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE married 4 November 1794, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Marie-Theotiste ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT

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