Jean-Simon MERDIEU dit BOURBON

Born

9 October 1750 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

2 January 1823 , Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste MERDIEU dit BOURBON Madeleine BARBEAU

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Born: 9 October 1750 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste MERDIEU dit BOURBON

Mother: Madeleine BARBEAU

Paternal grandparents: Jean MERDIEU dit BOURBON , Claudine GUERIN

Maternal grandparents: Simon BARBEAU , Catherine AUVRAY

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Jean-Simon married Marie-Louise GARNEAU 16 February 1778 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise GARNEAU was born 16 May 1748 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Marie-Louise died 17 August 1793 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Marie-Louise was the child of Jean-Baptiste GARNEAU and Marie-Elisabeth RENAUD.

Jean-Simon MERDIEU dit BOURBON died 2 January 1823 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, 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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Jean-Simon MERDIEU dit BOURBON married

Marie-Louise GARNEAU
Marriage date: 16 February 1778
Marriage place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise GARNEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste GARNEAU and Marie-Elisabeth RENAUD

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Louise MERDIEU dite BOURBON

Born: abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jacques DUBEAU 10 February 1801 Place: Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

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Birth — 1750
9 October 1750
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Simon MERDIEU dit BOURBON and Marie-Louise GARNEAU 16 February 1778, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 27 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1793 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise GARNEAU died 17 August 1793, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

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

1801 Marriage of Child
Louise MERDIEU dite BOURBON married 10 February 1801, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville) to Jacques DUBEAU

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

Death — 1823
2 January 1823
Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 72.

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