Genevieve-Josephte DUBOIS dite BRISEBOIS

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17 June 1758 , Yamaska, Canada, New France

Died

21 April 1810 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada

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Joseph-Marie DUBOIS dit BRISEBOIS Catherine-Therese RENOUX

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Born: 17 June 1758 in Yamaska, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph-Marie DUBOIS dit BRISEBOIS

Mother: Catherine-Therese RENOUX

Paternal grandparents: Charles DUBOIS dit BRISEBOIS , Marie Ursule ADAMS

Maternal grandparents: Charles-Michel-François RENOUX , Catherine MARIN

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Genevieve-Josephte married Antoine DUGUAY 28 January 1788 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine DUGUAY was born 30 May 1756 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Antoine was the child of Jean-Pierre DUGUAY and Marie-Anne PINARD dite LAUZIÈRE.

Genevieve-Josephte DUBOIS dite BRISEBOIS died 21 April 1810 in Saint-François-du-Lac, 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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Genevieve-Josephte DUBOIS dite BRISEBOIS married

Antoine DUGUAY
Marriage date: 28 January 1788
Marriage place: Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Antoine DUGUAY was the child of Jean-Pierre DUGUAY and Marie-Anne PINARD dite LAUZIÈRE

Children of Antoine DUGUAY and Genevieve-Josephte DUBOIS dite BRISEBOIS

Josephte DUGUAY

Born: 7 September 1792, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Died: 16 May 1849, La Malbaie, Canada East

Married: Alexis TREMBLAY 19 September 1825 Place: La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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Birth — 1758
17 June 1758
Yamaska, Canada, New France

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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve-Josephte DUBOIS dite BRISEBOIS and Antoine DUGUAY 28 January 1788, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 29 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Josephte DUGUAY was born 7 September 1792, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Genevieve-Josephte was 34 years old.

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

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