Joseph VACHER dit LACERTE

Born

8 July 1747 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Died

15 January 1794 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE Françoise PROULX

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Born: 8 July 1747 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE

Mother: Françoise PROULX

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE , Marguerite BENOIT

Maternal grandparents: Claude PROULX , Isabelle ROBIDAS dite MANSEAU

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Joseph married Marie-Madeleine PAYET dite ST-AMOUR 19 February 1776 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Madeleine PAYET dite ST-AMOUR was born 13 July 1753 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Marie-Madeleine died 1 August 1793 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Pierre PAYET dit ST-AMOUR and Madeleine FILIATRAULT.

Joseph VACHER dit LACERTE died 15 January 1794 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada .

m. Payet Marie-Madeleine

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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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Joseph VACHER dit LACERTE married

Marie-Madeleine PAYET dite ST-AMOUR
Marriage date: 19 February 1776
Marriage place: Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Madeleine PAYET dite ST-AMOUR was the child of Pierre PAYET dit ST-AMOUR and Madeleine FILIATRAULT

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Birth — 1747
8 July 1747
Trois-Rivières, 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.

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Joseph VACHER dit LACERTE and Marie-Madeleine PAYET dite ST-AMOUR 19 February 1776, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)