Jean-Baptiste LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN

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30 August 1728 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Died

13 January 1795 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN Agathe GOULET

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Born: 30 August 1728 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN

Mother: Agathe GOULET

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN , Marie-Françoise EMERY dite CODERRE

Maternal grandparents: Charles GOULET , Marie-Anne RANCIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Françoise PRUD'HOMME 16 January 1764 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Françoise PRUD'HOMME was born 25 April 1747 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Françoise died 29 December 1809 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Françoise was the child of Michel PRUD'HOMME and Marie-Françoise CHRISTIN.

Jean-Baptiste LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN died 13 January 1795 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Marie-Françoise PRUD'HOMME
Marriage date: 16 January 1764
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Françoise PRUD'HOMME was the child of Michel PRUD'HOMME and Marie-Françoise CHRISTIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Françoise PRUD'HOMME

Marie-Cecile LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN

Born: 4 December 1764, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: François-Marie TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE 5 April 1785 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste ST-JEAN dit LAPERCHE

Born: abt. 1764, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 9 August 1822, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Joseph ST-JEAN dit LAPERCHE

Born: 27 April 1768, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 26 January 1848, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

Married: Marie-Josephte POUPETTE (POUPOT) 23 February 1789 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Marguerite JARED dite BEAUREGARD 16 February 1801 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Amable ST-JEAN dit LAPERCHE

Born: abt. 1786, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 28 June 1803, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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Birth — 1728
30 August 1728
L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN - 1728 Baptism - LAssomption, Quebec, QC, Canada

1728 Baptism - L'Assomption, Quebec, QC, Canada

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

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Françoise PRUD'HOMME 16 January 1764, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 35 years old.

Jean-Baptiste LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN - 1764 Marriage - LAssomption, Quebec, QC, Canada

1764 Marriage - L'Assomption, Quebec, QC, Canada

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

1764 Birth of Child
Marie-Cecile LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN was born 4 December 1764, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Joseph ST-JEAN dit LAPERCHE was born 27 April 1768, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 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)

1785 Marriage of Child
Marie-Cecile LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN married 5 April 1785, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to François-Marie TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE

1789 Marriage of Child
Joseph ST-JEAN dit LAPERCHE married 23 February 1789, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Josephte POUPETTE (POUPOT)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)