Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE

Born

10 July 1713 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

31 July 1796 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE LAFRAMBOISE Thérèse-Geneviève MIGNERON

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Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE was born 10 July 1713 in Québec, Canada, New France

Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE was the child of Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE LAFRAMBOISE and Thérèse-Geneviève MIGNERON

and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean MIGNERON and Marie PAVIE

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Joseph married Jeanne GARAND 10 November 1738 in Beaumont, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jeanne GARAND was born 23 March 1714 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Jeanne was the child of Pierre GARAND and Marie-Louise-Jeanne MOLLEUR.

Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE died 31 July 1796 in Saint-Ours, 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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Family and Children of Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE

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Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE married

Jeanne GARAND-- Date: 10 November 1738 Place: Beaumont, Canada, New France
Jeanne GARAND was the child of Pierre GARAND and Marie-Louise-Jeanne MOLLEUR

Children:

Josephte Bonnier Laplante 1739-
Marguerite Bonnier Laplante 1744-
Madeleine Bonnier Laplante 1747-
Joseph-Marie Bonnier Laplante 1749-
Jean-Baptiste Bonnier Laplante 1750-1778

Children of Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE and Jeanne GARAND

Marguerite BONNIER dite LAPLANTE (b.31 October 1744, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Pierre MARTIN 7 September 1772 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Madeleine BONNIER dite LAPLANTE (b.24 April 1747, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 16 March 1825, Iberville, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre-Antoine MARTIN 19 November 1770 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1713 Birth
10 July 1713
Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1738 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BONNIER dit LAPLANTE and Jeanne GARAND 10 November 1738, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

He was 25 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Marguerite BONNIER dite LAPLANTE was born 31 October 1744, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 31 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine BONNIER dite LAPLANTE was born 24 April 1747, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 33 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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine BONNIER dite LAPLANTE married 19 November 1770 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Pierre-Antoine MARTIN

1772 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BONNIER dite LAPLANTE married 7 September 1772, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Pierre MARTIN

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.