Joseph-Marie TOUCHETTE dit LAFLEUR

(b. 8 September 1740 , Champlain, Canada, New France d. 28 October 1809 , Boucherville, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Marie TOUCHETTE dit LAFLEUR was born 8 September 1740 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie TOUCHETTE dit LAFLEUR was the child of Jacques-Claude TOUCHETTE dit LAFLEUR and Josephte AYOTTE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste HAYOT (AYOTTE) and Catherine-Antoinette LEPAGE PAGESI ST-AMAND

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph-Marie married Marie-Josephte MASSE 3 August 1772 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte MASSE was born 19 February 1747 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie-Josephte died 7 April 1827 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie-Josephte was the child of Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ dit SANCERRE and Marie-Charlotte DENOYON.

Joseph-Marie TOUCHETTE dit LAFLEUR died 28 October 1809 in Boucherville, Lower Canada .

m. Masse Marie-Josephte

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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-Marie TOUCHETTE dit LAFLEUR married

Marie-Josephte MASSE-- Date: 3 August 1772 Place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte MASSE was the child of Jean-Baptiste MASSÉ dit SANCERRE and Marie-Charlotte DENOYON

Children of Joseph-Marie TOUCHETTE dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Josephte MASSE:

Josephte LAFLEUR (b.abt. 1783, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Antoine BACHAND 11 July 1803 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1740 Birth
8 September 1740
Champlain, 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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie TOUCHETTE dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Josephte MASSE 3 August 1772, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 31 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.