Hippolyte LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON

(b. 20 September 1759 , Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France d. 23 September 1796 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada )

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Hippolyte LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON was born 20 September 1759 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France

Hippolyte LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON was the child of Pierre-Henri LEBRETON and Marie-Agnes LARCHEVEQUE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean LARCHEVEQUE and Marie-Angélique RAINVILLE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Hippolyte married Marie-Josephte ASSELIN 18 November 1782 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte ASSELIN was born 22 November 1762 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte died 8 July 1819 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephte was the child of Gabriel ANCELIN (ASSELIN) and Marie-Anne PELLETIER.

Hippolyte LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON died 23 September 1796 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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Hippolyte LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON married

Marie-Josephte ASSELIN-- Date: 18 November 1782 Place: Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte ASSELIN was the child of Gabriel ANCELIN (ASSELIN) and Marie-Anne PELLETIER

Children of Hippolyte LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON and Marie-Josephte ASSELIN:

Abraham LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON (b.31 March 1786, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 May 1852, La Baie, Canada East )
m. Angélique MERCIER 1812 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1759 Birth
20 September 1759
Rivière-Ouelle, 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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Hippolyte LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON and Marie-Josephte ASSELIN 18 November 1782, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
Abraham LALANCETTE dit LEBRETON was born 31 March 1786, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Hippolyte was 26 years old.

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

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