Joseph-Etienne COTNOIR (COTTENOIR) dit PRÉVILLE

Born

14 April 1738 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Died

10 February 1788 , Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada

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Antoine COTNOIR (COTTENOIRE)Marie-Josephe DESROSIERS DU TREMBLE

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Born: 14 April 1738 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Father: Antoine COTNOIR (COTTENOIRE)

Mother: Marie-Josephe DESROSIERS DU TREMBLE

Paternal grandparents: Antoine COTNOIR (COTTENOIRE) DE VILLIER , Marguerite PROVENCHER

Maternal grandparents: Jean DESROSIERS DU TREMBLE , Marie Françoise PETRONILLE DANDONNEAU

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Joseph-Etienne married Elisabeth MAILLOUX 10 January 1774 in Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada . Elisabeth MAILLOUX was born 18 July 1751 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Elisabeth died 22 November 1789 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth was the child of Pierre MAILLOUX and Suzanne GRENET.

Joseph-Etienne COTNOIR (COTTENOIR) dit PRÉVILLE died 10 February 1788 in Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada.

m. Mailloux Elisabeth

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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-Etienne COTNOIR (COTTENOIR) dit PRÉVILLE married

Elisabeth MAILLOUX
Marriage date: 10 January 1774
Marriage place: Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada
Elisabeth MAILLOUX was the child of Pierre MAILLOUX and Suzanne GRENET

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Birth — 1738
14 April 1738
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, 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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Etienne COTNOIR (COTTENOIR) dit PRÉVILLE and Elisabeth MAILLOUX 10 January 1774, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

He was 35 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.