Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE

(b. 17 October 1708 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 12 March 1772 , Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE was born 17 October 1708 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE was the child of Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Marguerite BENOIT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Anne GUÉDON

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Jean-Baptiste married Françoise PROULX 3 June 1736 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Françoise PROULX was born abt. 1722 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Françoise died 21 December 1755 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Françoise was the child of Claude PROULX and Isabelle ROBIDAS dite MANSEAU.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Marie Josephte DOUCET 2 July 1764 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie Josephte DOUCET was born abt. 1719 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie Josephte died 19 January 1796 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie Josephte was the child of François Charles DOUCET and Marie Anne POIRIER.

Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE died 12 March 1772 in Trois-Rivières, 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 VACHER dit LACERTE married

Françoise PROULX-- Date: 3 June 1736 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
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Françoise PROULX was the child of Claude PROULX and Isabelle ROBIDAS dite MANSEAU

Children of Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE and Françoise PROULX:

Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE (b.4 March 1737, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 7 March 1767, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. François-Xavier DANEAU (DANIAU) 26 April 1758 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Elisabeth VACHER dite LACERTE (b.1 March 1740, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 27 June 1824, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. Joseph SYLVESTRE 7 August 1760 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE (b.25 September 1745, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Françoise GUILBAULT dite GRANDBOIS 7 February 1774 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph VACHER dit LACERTE (b.8 July 1747, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 15 January 1794, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Madeleine PAYET dite ST-AMOUR 19 February 1776 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte VACHER dite LACERTE (b.27 September 1749, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 19 October 1831, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Charles ROY dit AUDY 18 October 1773 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
m. Alexis CLOUTIER 18 February 1794 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Louis VACHER dit LACERTE (b.5 September 1752, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 31 March 1834, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Angelique RAICHE dite BEAUCHEMIN 23 February 1789 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Charles VACHER dit LACERTE (b.6 March 1754, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Agnes LEVASSEUR 3 July 1786 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE married

Marie Josephte DOUCET-- Date: 2 July 1764 Place: Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie Josephte DOUCET was the child of François Charles DOUCET and Marie Anne POIRIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE and Marie Josephte DOUCET:

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1708 Birth
17 October 1708
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1736 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE and Françoise PROULX 3 June 1736, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

He was 27 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE was born 4 March 1737, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Elisabeth VACHER dite LACERTE was born 1 March 1740, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE was born 25 September 1745, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Joseph VACHER dit LACERTE was born 8 July 1747, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte VACHER dite LACERTE was born 27 September 1749, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Baptiste was 40 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Louis VACHER dit LACERTE was born 5 September 1752, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Baptiste was 43 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Charles VACHER dit LACERTE was born 6 March 1754, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Baptiste was 45 years old.

1755 Death of Spouse/Partner
Françoise PROULX died 21 December 1755, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1758 Marriage of Child
Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE married 26 April 1758, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to François-Xavier DANEAU (DANIAU)

1760 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth VACHER dite LACERTE married 7 August 1760, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Joseph SYLVESTRE

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE and Marie Josephte DOUCET 2 July 1764, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 55 years old.

1767 Death of Child
Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE died 7 March 1767, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Jean-Baptiste was 58 years old.

1772 Death
12 March 1772
Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 63.

Added: 4/4/2010 10:59:25 AM - Updated: 12/27/2013 3:15:55 PM