Marie-Josephte BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite DUPAS

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27 January 1750 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Died

3 August 1818 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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Joseph-Charles BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit DUPAS Josephte BARON dite LUPIEN

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Born: 27 January 1750 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph-Charles BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit DUPAS

Mother: Josephte BARON dite LUPIEN

Paternal grandparents: Charles BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit DUPAS , Marie-Josephte PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO)

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BARON dit LUPIEN , Marie-Anne FAFARD

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Marie-Josephte married Pierre-Louis GENEREUX 1 February 1768 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Louis GENEREUX was born abt. 1743 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre-Louis died 12 December 1809 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Pierre-Louis was the child of Louis GENEREUX and Marie-Rose LATOUR.

Marie-Josephte BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite DUPAS died 3 August 1818 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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-Josephte BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite DUPAS married

Pierre-Louis GENEREUX
Marriage date: 1 February 1768
Marriage place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre-Louis GENEREUX was the child of Louis GENEREUX and Marie-Rose LATOUR

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Marie-Josephte GENEREUX

Born: 19 January 1778, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste GUILBAULT 30 January 1797 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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Birth — 1750
27 January 1750
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, 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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite DUPAS and Pierre-Louis GENEREUX 1 February 1768, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

She was 18 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.

1778 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte GENEREUX was born 19 January 1778, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Josephte was 27 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1797 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte GENEREUX married 30 January 1797, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Jean-Baptiste GUILBAULT

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

1809 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre-Louis GENEREUX died 12 December 1809, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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

Death — 1818
3 August 1818
Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 68.

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