Marie-Anne BALAN dite LACOMBE

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28 August 1725 , La Durantaye, Canada, New France

Died

28 September 1818 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE Marie VENDETTE (VANDET) dite POITEVIN

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Born: 28 August 1725 in La Durantaye, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE

Mother: Marie VENDETTE (VANDET) dite POITEVIN

Paternal grandparents: Pierre BALAN dit LACOMBE , Renee BIRET

Maternal grandparents: René VENDETTE (VANDET) , Marie-Renee ARIOT (ARIAU) (HARIO)

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Marie-Anne married Joseph GOUPIL 18 August 1749 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph GOUPIL was born 6 April 1704 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 29 June 1778 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Antoine GOUPIL dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Jeanne GABOURY.

Marie-Anne BALAN dite LACOMBE died 28 September 1818 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Marie-Anne BALAN dite LACOMBE married

Joseph GOUPIL
Marriage date: 18 August 1749
Marriage place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Joseph GOUPIL was the child of Antoine GOUPIL dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Jeanne GABOURY

Children of Joseph GOUPIL and Marie-Anne BALAN dite LACOMBE

Marie-Anne GOUPIL

Born: 20 May 1752, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Died: 27 November 1812, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre-Marie CHAMBERLAND 6 February 1782 Place: La Durantaye, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1725
28 August 1725
La Durantaye, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne BALAN dite LACOMBE and Joseph GOUPIL 18 August 1749, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 23 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne GOUPIL was born 20 May 1752, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne was 26 years old.

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.

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.