Joseph-Marie ELIE dit BRETON

Born

19 September 1735 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Died

15 March 1819 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

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Joseph ELIE dit BRETON Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU dite RÉMILLARD

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Born: 19 September 1735 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph ELIE dit BRETON

Mother: Marie-Josephte CORRIVEAU dite RÉMILLARD

Paternal grandparents: Pierre ELIE dit BRETON , Marie-Rosalie PEPIN

Maternal grandparents: Guillaume CORRIVEAU , Marie-Françoise REMILLARD

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Joseph-Marie married Jeanne VACHON 9 January 1764 in Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Jeanne VACHON was born 8 April 1746 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Jeanne died 26 July 1823 in Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce). Jeanne was the child of Jean-Baptiste VACHON and Angélique GARNIER (GRENIER).

Joseph-Marie ELIE dit BRETON died 15 March 1819 in Sainte-Marie, 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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Joseph-Marie ELIE dit BRETON married

Jeanne VACHON
Marriage date: 9 January 1764
Marriage place: Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Jeanne VACHON was the child of Jean-Baptiste VACHON and Angélique GARNIER (GRENIER)

Children of Joseph-Marie ELIE dit BRETON and Jeanne VACHON

Marie-Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON

Born: 18 March 1767, Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 30 September 1841, Beauceville, Canada East

Married: François POULIN 11 January 1785 Place: Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Jean-Elie-Baptiste ELIE dit BRETON

Born: 14 January 1769, Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 2 December 1837, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Thérèse BINET 18 October 1791 Place: Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Joseph ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON

Born: 5 July 1771, Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 22 October 1833, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Louise POULIN 10 February 1794 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

Augustin ELIE dit BRETON

Born: 5 March 1780, Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 19 May 1846, Sainte-Marie, Canada East

Married: Marguerite FOUCHER 2 February 1802 Place: Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Raphael ELIE dit BRETON

Born: 5 November 1783, Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 24 May 1871, St-Elzear, Beauce, Quebec, Canada

Married: Charlotte LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE 8 October 1805 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1735
19 September 1735
Saint-Vallier, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie ELIE dit BRETON and Jeanne VACHON 9 January 1764, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 28 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON was born 18 March 1767, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Joseph-Marie was 31 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Jean-Elie-Baptiste ELIE dit BRETON was born 14 January 1769, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Joseph-Marie was 33 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Joseph ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON was born 5 July 1771, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Joseph-Marie was 35 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.

1780 Birth of Child
Augustin ELIE dit BRETON was born 5 March 1780, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Joseph-Marie was 44 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Raphael ELIE dit BRETON was born 5 November 1783, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Joseph-Marie was 48 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON married 11 January 1785, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to François POULIN

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Jean-Elie-Baptiste ELIE dit BRETON married 18 October 1791, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Marie-Thérèse BINET

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Joseph ELIE (HELIE) dit BRETON married 10 February 1794, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise POULIN

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1802 Marriage of Child
Augustin ELIE dit BRETON married 2 February 1802, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Marguerite FOUCHER

1805 Marriage of Child
Raphael ELIE dit BRETON married 8 October 1805, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada to Charlotte LAMBERT dite CHAMPAGNE

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.