Jean-Baptiste LEBRET dit ST-AMAND

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26 July 1741 , La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Died

24 February 1822 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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Michel LEBRET dit ST-AMAND Catherine GAGNÉ

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Born: 26 July 1741 in La Pocatière, Canada, New France

Father: Michel LEBRET dit ST-AMAND

Mother: Catherine GAGNÉ

Maternal grandparents: Alexis GAGNÉ , Marie-Catherine CLOUTIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Catherine DUBE 27 September 1762 in La Pocatière, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Catherine DUBE was born 8 June 1744 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Marie-Catherine died 20 August 1804 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Catherine was the child of Joseph DUBE and Angélique-Rosalie MORIN.

Jean-Baptiste LEBRET dit ST-AMAND died 24 February 1822 in La Pocatière, 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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Jean-Baptiste LEBRET dit ST-AMAND married

Marie-Catherine DUBE
Marriage date: 27 September 1762
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Canada
Marie-Catherine DUBE was the child of Joseph DUBE and Angélique-Rosalie MORIN

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Marie-Anne LEBRET dite ST-AMAND

Born: 1 July 1763, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Claude-Nicolas LIZOTTE 31 January 1785 Place: La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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Birth — 1741
26 July 1741
La Pocatière, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEBRET dit ST-AMAND and Marie-Catherine DUBE 27 September 1762 , La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

He was 21 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne LEBRET dite ST-AMAND was born 1 July 1763, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Jean-Baptiste was 21 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-Anne LEBRET dite ST-AMAND married 31 January 1785, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Claude-Nicolas LIZOTTE

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

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

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