Celeste BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite BEAUPRE

(b. 24 April 1735 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 14 December 1806 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Celeste BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite BEAUPRE was born 24 April 1735 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Celeste BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite BEAUPRE was the child of Joseph-Melchior BRISSET dit BEAUPRE and Marie-Geneviève CASAUBON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit COURCHESNE and Marguerite DANDONNEAU dite LAJEUNESSE (maternal) Martin CASAUBON and Françoise LEPELÉ

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Celeste married Jacques LUNEAU 21 January 1765 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada . Jacques LUNEAU was born 18 September 1740 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jacques died 7 April 1816 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Jacques was the child of Jean-Baptiste LUNEAU (LOUINEAU) and Marie-Liesse MOTTE.

Celeste BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite BEAUPRE died 14 December 1806 in Sorel, Lower Canada .

m. Luneau Jacques

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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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Celeste BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite BEAUPRE married

Jacques LUNEAU-- Date: 21 January 1765 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques LUNEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste LUNEAU (LOUINEAU) and Marie-Liesse MOTTE

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1735 Birth
24 April 1735
Sorel, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Celeste BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dite BEAUPRE and Jacques LUNEAU 21 January 1765, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

She was 29 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.