Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU

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22 September 1763 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

28 June 1831 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU Françoise LEMIRE dite GAUCHER

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Born: 22 September 1763 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU

Mother: Françoise LEMIRE dite GAUCHER

Paternal grandparents: Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) , Agathe SICARD dite CARUFEL

Maternal grandparents: Alexis LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE , Marie-Anne DELGUEL dite LABRÈCHE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Celeste VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE 22 November 1789 in Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Celeste VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE was born abt. 1769 in Québec Province, Canada. Marie-Celeste died 20 June 1843 in Maskinongé, Canada East . Marie-Celeste was the child of Louis VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE and Marie-Ursule SICARD dite CARUFEL.

Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU died 28 June 1831 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada .

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Marie-Celeste VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE
Marriage date: 22 November 1789
Marriage place: Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Celeste VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE was the child of Louis VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE and Marie-Ursule SICARD dite CARUFEL

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Marguerite BRUNEAU (BRUNO)

Born: 3 May 1799, Maskinongé, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Charles MAROIS 16 January 1826 Place: Maskinongé, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1763
22 September 1763
Québec Province, Canada

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)

1789 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU and Marie-Celeste VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE 22 November 1789, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

He was 26 years old.

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

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

1799 Birth of Child
Marguerite BRUNEAU (BRUNO) was born 3 May 1799, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

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

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

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England