Josephte PINEL dite BELLEFEUILLE

(b. 6 April 1748 , Donnacona, Canada, New France d. 24 January 1808 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Josephte PINEL dite BELLEFEUILLE was born 6 April 1748 in Donnacona, Canada, New France

Josephte PINEL dite BELLEFEUILLE was the child of Nicolas PINEL and Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite ANGERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas PINEL and Anne CONSTANTINEAU (maternal) François LEFEBVRE dit ANGERS and Marie-Madeleine DESERRE

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Josephte married Alexis BLAIS 24 April 1769 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Alexis BLAIS was born 28 February 1745 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Alexis died 13 May 1810 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Alexis was the child of Jacques BLAIS and Marie-Anne-Jeanne SÉVIGNY dite LAFLEUR.

Josephte PINEL dite BELLEFEUILLE died 24 January 1808 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, 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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Alexis BLAIS-- Date: 24 April 1769 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
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Alexis BLAIS was the child of Jacques BLAIS and Marie-Anne-Jeanne SÉVIGNY dite LAFLEUR

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1748 Birth
6 April 1748
Donnacona, 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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Josephte PINEL dite BELLEFEUILLE and Alexis BLAIS 24 April 1769, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 21 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.