Jean-Baptiste GENEST dit LABARRE

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26 July 1792 , Sorel, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste GENEST dit LABARRE Marie-Madeleine MANDEVILLE

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Born: 26 July 1792 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste GENEST dit LABARRE

Mother: Marie-Madeleine MANDEVILLE

Paternal grandparents: Pierre GENEST dit LABARRE , Catherine BOURBEAU

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste MANDEVILLE , Marie-Madeleine HAZEUR (AZURE)

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Jean-Baptiste married Geneviève TESSIER 20 January 1818 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Geneviève TESSIER was born 26 April 1776 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Geneviève died 27 February 1856 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Geneviève was the child of Joseph TESSIER dit MAJOR and Marie-Catherine HUS COURNOYER MILLET.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Agnes BIBEAU 23 August 1858 in Sorel, Canada East . Agnes BIBEAU was born 21 January 1797 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Agnes died abt. 1870 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Agnes was the child of Jean-Baptiste BIBEAU and Madeleine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE.

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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Geneviève TESSIER
Marriage date: 20 January 1818
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Geneviève TESSIER was the child of Joseph TESSIER dit MAJOR and Marie-Catherine HUS COURNOYER MILLET

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St-Pierre de Sorel

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Agnes BIBEAU
Marriage date: 23 August 1858
Marriage place: Sorel, Canada East
Agnes BIBEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste BIBEAU and Madeleine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

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Birth — 1792
26 July 1792
Sorel, Lower Canada

1818 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GENEST dit LABARRE and Geneviève TESSIER 20 January 1818, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 25 years old.

Jean-Baptiste GENEST dit LABARRE - 1818 Marriage. St Pierre-De-Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec

1818 Marriage. St Pierre-De-Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1851
He is possibly found in the 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia living in Dorchester County, St Henri de Lauzon at the age of 66. It is unknown whether or not his wife, Genevieve Tessier, is still alive.

1858 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste GENEST dit LABARRE and Agnes BIBEAU 23 August 1858, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 66 years old.

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