Alexis BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE

Born

19 March 1761 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada

Died

22 December 1832 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada

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Antoine-Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE Marguerite DUTEAU

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Born: 19 March 1761 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada

Father: Antoine-Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE

Mother: Marguerite DUTEAU

Paternal grandparents: Bernard BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE , Marie-Catherine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ)

Maternal grandparents: Pierre DUTEAU dit VILANDRE , Marie-Françoise CASAUBON

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Alexis married Agnes FAUTEUX 28 January 1782 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada . Agnes FAUTEUX was born 30 September 1762 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Agnes died 1 October 1841 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Agnes was the child of Pierre FAUTEUX and Gabrielle-Élisabeth DÉSORCY.

Alexis BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE died 22 December 1832 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, 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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Alexis BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE married

Agnes FAUTEUX
Marriage date: 28 January 1782
Marriage place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada
Agnes FAUTEUX was the child of Pierre FAUTEUX and Gabrielle-Élisabeth DÉSORCY

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Birth — 1761
19 March 1761
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada

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.

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Alexis BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE and Agnes FAUTEUX 28 January 1782 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

He was 20 years old.