Jeannette BLET dite GAZAILLE

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8 May 1725 , Sorel, Canada, New France

Died

22 January 1799 , Sorel, Lower Canada

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Mathurin BLET dit GAZAILLE Geneviève-Scholastique BEGNIER (BESNIER)

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Born: 8 May 1725 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Father: Mathurin BLET dit GAZAILLE

Mother: Geneviève-Scholastique BEGNIER (BESNIER)

Paternal grandparents: Jean BELLET dit GAZAILLE (BLET) (BELET) , Jeanne BOUVEAU (BEAUVEAU)

Maternal grandparents: Louis BEGNIER (BESNIER) , Jacqueline CHARRON

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Jeannette married Antoine DELBEC dit JOLY 28 October 1744 in Sorel, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Antoine DELBEC dit JOLY was born 17 April 1718 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Antoine was the child of Pierre DELBEC dit JOLY and Mathurine AUBUCHON dite DESALLIERS.

Jeannette BLET dite GAZAILLE died 22 January 1799 in Sorel, 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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Jeannette BLET dite GAZAILLE married

Antoine DELBEC dit JOLY
Marriage date: 28 October 1744
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada, New France
Antoine DELBEC dit JOLY was the child of Pierre DELBEC dit JOLY and Mathurine AUBUCHON dite DESALLIERS

Children of Antoine DELBEC dit JOLY and Jeannette BLET dite GAZAILLE

Marie-Rose DELBEC dite JOLY

Born: abt. 1745, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 11 June 1808, Sorel, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre-Étienne ST-MARTIN 1 July 1765 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Antoinette DELBEC dite JOLY

Born: 4 September 1747, Sorel, Canada, New France
Died: 9 March 1837, Sorel, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph ST-MARTIN 22 February 1773 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marguerite DELBEC dite JOLY

Born: abt. 1762, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 8 December 1820, Sorel, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX 1790 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1725
8 May 1725
Sorel, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Jeannette BLET dite GAZAILLE and Antoine DELBEC dit JOLY 28 October 1744, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 19 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Marie-Antoinette DELBEC dite JOLY was born 4 September 1747, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jeannette was 22 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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Marie-Rose DELBEC dite JOLY married 1 July 1765, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Pierre-Étienne ST-MARTIN

1773 Marriage of Child
Marie-Antoinette DELBEC dite JOLY married 22 February 1773, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Joseph ST-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.