Jean-Baptiste PROVENCHER dit DUCHARME

Born

13 July 1707 , Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

Died

26 March 1779 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-François PROVENCHER Marguerite MOREAU

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Born: 13 July 1707 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-François PROVENCHER

Mother: Marguerite MOREAU

Paternal grandparents: Sebastien PROVENCHER , Marguerite MANCHON

Maternal grandparents: Jean MOREAU dit LAPORTE , Anne GUILLET

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Jean-Baptiste married Josephte-Francoise LESIEUR dite DUCHESNE 2 May 1737 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte-Francoise LESIEUR dite DUCHESNE was born 2 November 1707 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Josephte-Francoise was the child of Julien LESIEUR dit DUHAIME and Simone BLANCHET.

Jean-Baptiste PROVENCHER dit DUCHARME died 26 March 1779 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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Jean-Baptiste PROVENCHER dit DUCHARME married

Josephte-Francoise LESIEUR dite DUCHESNE
Marriage date: 2 May 1737
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Canada, New France
Josephte-Francoise LESIEUR dite DUCHESNE was the child of Julien LESIEUR dit DUHAIME and Simone BLANCHET

Children of Jean-Baptiste PROVENCHER dit DUCHARME and Josephte-Francoise LESIEUR dite DUCHESNE

Françoise PROVENCHER dite DUCHARME

Born: 12 March 1741, Yamachiche, Canada, New France
Died: 15 May 1814, Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Married: Louis CHAMPOUX 9 February 1766 Place: Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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Birth — 1707
13 July 1707
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1737 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PROVENCHER dit DUCHARME and Josephte-Francoise LESIEUR dite DUCHESNE 2 May 1737, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 29 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Françoise PROVENCHER dite DUCHARME was born 12 March 1741, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.

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.

1766 Marriage of Child
Françoise PROVENCHER dite DUCHARME married 9 February 1766 , Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Louis CHAMPOUX

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.