François MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS

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26 August 1721 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Died

29 April 1806 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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Gabriel ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU Marie-Madeleine BENOIT

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Born: 26 August 1721 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Father: Gabriel ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU

Mother: Marie-Madeleine BENOIT

Paternal grandparents: Jacques ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU , Marie-Louise DEGUITRE

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel BENOIT , Marie ROUSSEL

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François married Madeleine VANASSE dite PRÉCOURT 10 November 1749 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France . Madeleine VANASSE dite PRÉCOURT was born 6 April 1728 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Madeleine was the child of François VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT and Marie-Josephte LEFETTEY.

François married (2) Jeanne PROVENCHER 30 June 1761 in Nicolet, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jeanne PROVENCHER was born 11 January 1736 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Jeanne died 9 November 1808 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Jeanne was the child of Alexis-Sébastien PROVENCHER and Angélique-Marie LEBLANC.

François MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS died 29 April 1806 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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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François MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS married

Madeleine VANASSE dite PRÉCOURT
Marriage date: 10 November 1749
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Madeleine VANASSE dite PRÉCOURT was the child of François VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT and Marie-Josephte LEFETTEY

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François MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS married

Jeanne PROVENCHER
Marriage date: 30 June 1761
Marriage place: Nicolet, Canada
Jeanne PROVENCHER was the child of Alexis-Sébastien PROVENCHER and Angélique-Marie LEBLANC

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François MANSEAU

Born: 12 April 1762, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada
Died: 12 August 1833, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Josephte BERGERON 16 February 1784 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Jeanne MANSEAU dite ROBIDAS

Born: 3 January 1766, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 27 May 1816 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Louis BEAUBIEN TROTTIER 19 April 1784 Place: Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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Birth — 1721
26 August 1721
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
François MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS and Madeleine VANASSE dite PRÉCOURT 10 November 1749, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 28 years old.

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
François MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS and Jeanne PROVENCHER 30 June 1761, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He was 39 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
François MANSEAU was born 12 April 1762, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

François was 40 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.

1766 Birth of Child
Jeanne MANSEAU dite ROBIDAS was born 3 January 1766, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

François was 44 years old.

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 MANSEAU married 16 February 1784, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Josephte BERGERON

1784 Marriage of Child
Jeanne MANSEAU dite ROBIDAS married 19 April 1784, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Jean-Louis BEAUBIEN TROTTIER

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)