Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE

Born

abt. 1678 , Champlain, Canada, New France

Died

21 January 1750 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

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Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE Marguerite DANDONNEAU dite LAJEUNESSE

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Born: abt. 1678 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE

Mother: Marguerite DANDONNEAU dite LAJEUNESSE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre DANDONNEAU dit LAJEUNESSE , Marie-Françoise JOBIN dite LAJEUNESSE

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Bernard married Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) 1 February 1712 in Champlain, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) was born 26 January 1682 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Marie-Catherine died 27 April 1755 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Marie-Catherine was the child of Jean LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dit DESMARETS and Jeanne ISABEL.

Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE died 21 January 1750 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France .
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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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Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE married

Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ)
Marriage date: 1 February 1712
Marriage place: Champlain, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) was the child of Jean LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dit DESMARETS and Jeanne ISABEL

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Notre-Dame-de-La Visitation

"Catherine, born in 1682 and married in 1712 to Bernard Brisset dit Courchene, from the Ile-Dupas. He was an ensign in the militia and a church warden."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VII, Page 154

Children of Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ)

Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE

Born: 11 December 1714, Sorel, Canada, New France
Died: 6 August 1789, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Anne BIGOT dite DORVAL 30 January 1742 Place: Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Jean-Baptiste BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE

Born: 18 June 1717, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Died: 25 March 1800, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

Married: Françoise DUTEAU 15 February 1745 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Antoine-Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE

Born: 4 January 1720, Sorel, Canada, New France
Died: 5 February 1779 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marguerite DUTEAU 1750 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1681 Canadian Census Champlain
Jacques Brisset (sieur Courchene), 33
Marguerite Dandoneau, sa femme, 23
enfants:
Jacques, 6
Bernard, 3
domestiques:
Vincent, 30
Catherine, 14

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1712 Marriage / Partner
Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) 1 February 1712, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE - 1712 Marriage - Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation, Champlain, QC, Canada

1712 Marriage - Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation, Champlain, QC, Canada

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

1714 Birth of Child
Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE was born 11 December 1714, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE was born 18 June 1717, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1720 Birth of Child
Antoine-Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE was born 4 January 1720, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

1742 Marriage of Child
Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE married 30 January 1742, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Marie-Anne BIGOT dite DORVAL

1745 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE married 15 February 1745, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Françoise DUTEAU