Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE

(b. 1 November 1702 , La Durantaye, Canada, New France d. 6 May 1772 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE was born 1 November 1702 in La Durantaye, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE and Jeanne MAILLOUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BALAN dit LACOMBE and Renee BIRET (maternal) Michel MAILLOUX and Jeanne MERCIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite ELIE dite BRETON 17 October 1729 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marguerite ELIE dite BRETON was born abt. 1708 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite died 10 July 1772 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marguerite was the child of Pierre ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Rosalie PEPIN.

Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE died 6 May 1772 in Yamachiche, 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 Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE

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Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE married

Marguerite ELIE dite BRETON-- Date: 17 October 1729 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
Marguerite ELIE dite BRETON was the child of Pierre ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Rosalie PEPIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE and Marguerite ELIE dite BRETON:

Marguerite BALAN dite LACOMBE (b.18 August 1732, , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 October 1807, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada)
m. Francois COLLARD 30 May 1756 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE (b.May 24, 1734, Québec, Canada, New France d. October 21, 1824, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne LEMAY February 6, 1758 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Geneviève BALAN dite LACOMBE (b.7 May 1738, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Joseph-Amador ALARIE 6 February 1756 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
m. Jean-Baptiste GIBEAU 12 April 1779 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

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1702 Birth
1 November 1702
La Durantaye, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1729 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE and Marguerite ELIE dite BRETON 17 October 1729, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

1732 Birth of Child
Marguerite BALAN dite LACOMBE was born 18 August 1732, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE was born May 24, 1734, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Geneviève BALAN dite LACOMBE was born 7 May 1738, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

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

1756 Marriage of Child
Geneviève BALAN dite LACOMBE married 6 February 1756 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Joseph-Amador ALARIE

1756 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BALAN dite LACOMBE married 30 May 1756, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Francois COLLARD

1758 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BALAN dit LACOMBE married February 6, 1758, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Marie-Anne LEMAY

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.