Catherine-Amable GUILLET dite LAJEUNESSE

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3 June 1731 , Verchères, Canada, New France

Died

7 September 1799 , Beloeil, Lower Canada

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Louis GUILLET Marguerite TETREAU (TETREAULT)

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Born: 3 June 1731 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Father: Louis GUILLET

Mother: Marguerite TETREAU (TETREAULT)

Paternal grandparents: Louis GUILLET , Marie TROTTIER

Maternal grandparents: Daniel TETREAU (TETREAULT) , Catherine CHARRON

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Catherine-Amable married Joseph VADNAIS 25 October 1756 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph VADNAIS was born 25 October 1734 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France . Joseph died 10 July 1823 in Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada . Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste VADENAIS D'ARGENTEUIL and Marguerite-Anne MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS.

Catherine-Amable GUILLET dite LAJEUNESSE died 7 September 1799 in Beloeil, Lower Canada .

m. Vadnais Joseph

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Catherine-Amable GUILLET dite LAJEUNESSE married

Joseph VADNAIS
Marriage date: 25 October 1756
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada, New France
Joseph VADNAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste VADENAIS D'ARGENTEUIL and Marguerite-Anne MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS

Children of Joseph VADNAIS and Catherine-Amable GUILLET dite LAJEUNESSE

Charlotte VADNAIS

Born: abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: François PINEAULT 19 February 1776 Place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph-Noel VADNAIS

Born: 23 December 1762, Verchères, Canada
Died: 28 September 1835, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Josephe CHALIFOUX 20 January 1783 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1731
3 June 1731
Verchères, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Catherine-Amable GUILLET dite LAJEUNESSE and Joseph VADNAIS 25 October 1756, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 25 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Joseph-Noel VADNAIS was born 23 December 1762, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Catherine-Amable was 31 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.

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.