Jean-Baptiste DÉSORCY dit LINCOUR

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16 April 1736 , Sorel, Canada, New France

Died

3 August 1808 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DÉSORCY dit LINCOUR Antoinette DESMARAIS

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Born: 16 April 1736 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste DÉSORCY dit LINCOUR

Mother: Antoinette DESMARAIS

Paternal grandparents: Michel DÉSORCY , Marie-Françoise GARNIER (GRENIER)

Maternal grandparents: Paul DESMARAIS dit MARET (MARAIS) , Marie-Thérèse TETREAU (TETREAULT)

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Thérèse BERARD dite LEPINE 8 February 1758 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Thérèse BERARD dite LEPINE was born 8 November 1733 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Thérèse died 11 March 1817 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Gabriel BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Thérèse CHEVALIER.

Jean-Baptiste DÉSORCY dit LINCOUR died 3 August 1808 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, 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-Thérèse BERARD dite LEPINE
Marriage date: 8 February 1758
Marriage place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Marie-Thérèse BERARD dite LEPINE was the child of Gabriel BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Thérèse CHEVALIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste DÉSORCY dit LINCOUR and Marie-Thérèse BERARD dite LEPINE

Marguerite DÉSORCY dite LINCOUR

Born: 2 December 1758, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Died: 16 September 1847, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada East

Married: Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ 4 October 1784 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Anne DÉSORCY dite LINCOUR

Born: abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 4 May 1840, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste-Amable BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit DUPAS 4 August 1783 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

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Birth — 1736
16 April 1736
Sorel, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1758 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste DÉSORCY dit LINCOUR and Marie-Thérèse BERARD dite LEPINE 8 February 1758, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

He was 21 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Marguerite DÉSORCY dite LINCOUR was born 2 December 1758, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Jean-Baptiste was 22 years old.

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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne DÉSORCY dite LINCOUR married 4 August 1783, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas) to Jean-Baptiste-Amable BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit DUPAS

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DÉSORCY dite LINCOUR married 4 October 1784, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas) to Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ

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

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

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