Genevieve LEVESQUE dite ST-JEAN

Born

abt. 1769 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

1 May 1804 , Rimouski, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE Marie-Françoise BOUILLON

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Genevieve LEVESQUE dite ST-JEAN was born abt. 1769 in Québec Province, Canada

Genevieve LEVESQUE dite ST-JEAN was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE and Marie-Françoise BOUILLON

and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques BOUILLON and Marie-Françoise LAURENT dite ST-LAURENT

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Genevieve married Jean-Baptiste PINEAULT 1 June 1785 in Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste PINEAULT was born 9 March 1758 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Jean-Baptiste died 25 January 1826 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste PINEAULT and Genevieve METHOT.

Genevieve LEVESQUE dite ST-JEAN died 1 May 1804 in Rimouski, 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 LEVESQUE dite ST-JEAN married

Jean-Baptiste PINEAULT-- Date: 1 June 1785 Place: Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste PINEAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste PINEAULT and Genevieve METHOT

Children of Jean-Baptiste PINEAULT and Genevieve LEVESQUE dite ST-JEAN

Angélique PINEAULT (b.27 March 1786, Rimouski, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 October 1855, Rimouski, Canada East )
m. Antoine-Samson LAVOIE 19 August 1806 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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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)

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Genevieve LEVESQUE dite ST-JEAN and Jean-Baptiste PINEAULT 1 June 1785, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)