Eustache-Xavier COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ

Born

2 October 1721 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Died

12 February 1765 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ Jeanne RENOUX

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Born: 2 October 1721 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ

Mother: Jeanne RENOUX

Paternal grandparents: Gilles COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ , Anne-Elisabeth TARRAGON

Maternal grandparents: François RENOU dit LACHAPELLE , Marguerite CREVIER

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Eustache-Xavier married Jeanne LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY 30 July 1754 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jeanne LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY was born 3 December 1724 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Jeanne died 12 September 1800 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Jeanne was the child of Noel LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY and Marie-Françoise NIQUET.

Eustache-Xavier COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ died 12 February 1765 in Yamaska, 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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Eustache-Xavier COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ married

Jeanne LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY
Marriage date: 30 July 1754
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Jeanne LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY was the child of Noel LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY and Marie-Françoise NIQUET

Children of Eustache-Xavier COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ and Jeanne LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY

Jean-Baptiste COUTURIER

Born: 4 August 1757, Yamaska, Canada, New France
Died: 16 Setptember 1828, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Married: Marie DEGUIRE dite DESROSIERS 7 October 1782 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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Birth — 1721
2 October 1721
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Marriage / Partner
Eustache-Xavier COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ and Jeanne LANGLOIS dite TRAVERSY 30 July 1754, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

He was 32 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste COUTURIER was born 4 August 1757, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Eustache-Xavier was 35 years old.

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.