Jeanne COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ

(b. 5 May 1714 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 30 September 1782 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jeanne COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ was born 5 May 1714 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Jeanne COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ was the child of Jean-Baptiste COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ and Jeanne RENOUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gilles COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ and Anne-Elisabeth TARRAGON (maternal) François RENOU dit LACHAPELLE and Marguerite CREVIER

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Jeanne married Joseph GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN 19 October 1734 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Joseph GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN was born abt. 1704 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph was the child of François GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN and Jeanne VANASSE.

Jeanne COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ died 30 September 1782 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Jeanne COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ

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Jeanne COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ married

Joseph GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN-- Date: 19 October 1734 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Joseph GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN was the child of François GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN and Jeanne VANASSE

Children of Joseph GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN and Jeanne COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ:

Michel POITEVIN dit GAGNÉ (b.12 March 1741, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 25 May 1819, Yamaska, Lower Canada )
m. Charlotte-Marie ALLARD 25 June 1775 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Anne POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ (b.10 May 1745, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 1 August 1828, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph PROULX 27 January 1783 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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1714 Birth
5 May 1714
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
L'église de Saint-François-du-Lac (exterior)
Église de Saint-François-Xavier
440, rue Notre-Dame, Saint-François-du-Lac, QUÉBEC
Established 1714

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1734 Marriage / Partner
Jeanne COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ and Joseph GAGNÉ dit POITEVIN 19 October 1734, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Michel POITEVIN dit GAGNÉ was born 12 March 1741, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Jeanne was 26 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Anne POITEVIN dite GAGNÉ was born 10 May 1745, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Jeanne was 31 years old.

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.

1775 Marriage of Child
Michel POITEVIN dit GAGNÉ married 25 June 1775, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada to Charlotte-Marie ALLARD

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.