Joseph JEAN dit DENIS

Born

3 September 1727 , Sorel, Canada, New France

Died

11 August 1807 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Joseph JEAN dit DENIS

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Born: 3 September 1727 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Parents of Joseph JEAN dit DENIS

Father

Joseph-Marie JEAN dit DENIS

Mother

Agnès DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

Grandparents of Joseph JEAN dit DENIS

Paternal grandparents

Joseph JEAN dit DENIS Marie-Renee GARNIER

Maternal grandparents

Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE Marie-Renee LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dite DESMARETS (DESMARAIS)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Josephte-Élisabeth DÉSORCY 24 January 1757 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Josephte-Élisabeth DÉSORCY was born 7 February 1736 in Sorel, Canada, New France . Josephte-Élisabeth died 18 January 1813 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada. Josephte-Élisabeth was the child of Gabriel DÉSORCY and Marie-Catherine LETENDRE.

Joseph JEAN dit DENIS died 11 August 1807 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada.
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph JEAN dit DENIS

Joseph JEAN dit DENIS married

Josephte-Élisabeth DÉSORCY
Marriage date: 24 January 1757
Marriage place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Josephte-Élisabeth DÉSORCY was the child of Gabriel DÉSORCY and Marie-Catherine LETENDRE

Children of Joseph JEAN dit DENIS and Josephte-Élisabeth DÉSORCY

François DENIS

Born: 20 May 1761, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Geneviève CASAUBON dite DIDIER 16 February 1784 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph DENIS

Born: abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Josephte RAINVILLE (DRAINVILLE) 12 January 1789 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1727
3 September 1727
Sorel, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Joseph JEAN dit DENIS and Josephte-Élisabeth DÉSORCY 24 January 1757, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

He was 29 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
François DENIS was born 20 May 1761, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Joseph was 33 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage of Child
François DENIS married 16 February 1784, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada to Marie-Geneviève CASAUBON dite DIDIER

1789 Marriage of Child
Joseph DENIS married 12 January 1789, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada to Josephte RAINVILLE (DRAINVILLE)

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)