Josephte CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE

Born

14 November 1740 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Died

1 May 1791 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

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Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE Marie-Madeleine DENIS

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Josephte CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE was born 14 November 1740 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Josephte CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE was the child of Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE and Marie-Madeleine DENIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE and Catherine DUMAS (maternal) Charles DENIS dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Madeleine PICHET

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Josephte married Pierre-Rene TANGUAY 12 February 1759 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre-Rene TANGUAY was born 14 November 1740 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Rene died 27 June 1801 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Rene was the child of Rene TANGUAY and Rosalie SIMARD.

Josephte CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE died 1 May 1791 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Josephte CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE married

Pierre-Rene TANGUAY-- Date: 12 February 1759 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
Pierre-Rene TANGUAY was the child of Rene TANGUAY and Rosalie SIMARD

Children of Pierre-Rene TANGUAY and Josephte CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE

Josephte TANGUAY (b.10 November 1774, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Eloi DION (GUYON) 21 July 1801 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne TANGUAY (b.13 June 1778, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 December 1834, Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada)
m. Andre BROCHU 1 October 1793 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1740 Birth
14 November 1740
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Josephte CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE and Pierre-Rene TANGUAY 12 February 1759, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

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.

1774 Birth of Child
Josephte TANGUAY was born 10 November 1774, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Josephte was 34 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.