Jeanne VEILLETTE dite LAPLANTE

(b. 6 June 1717 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 25 January 1797 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Jeanne VEILLETTE dite LAPLANTE was born 6 June 1717 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Jeanne VEILLETTE dite LAPLANTE was the child of Jean VEILLETTE dit LAPLANTE and Catherine LARIOU dite LAFANTAISIE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean LARIOU dit LAFANTAISIE and Catherine MONGEAU

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Jeanne married Joseph-Jean-Baptiste RICHER 5 September 1740 in Batiscan, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Joseph-Jean-Baptiste RICHER was born abt. 1710 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph-Jean-Baptiste was the child of Michel RICHER dit LAFLECHE and Marie-Louise-Charlotte PILOTE.

Jeanne VEILLETTE dite LAPLANTE died 25 January 1797 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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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Family and Children of Jeanne VEILLETTE dite LAPLANTE

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Jeanne VEILLETTE dite LAPLANTE married

Joseph-Jean-Baptiste RICHER-- Date: 5 September 1740 Place: Batiscan, Canada, New France
Joseph-Jean-Baptiste RICHER was the child of Michel RICHER dit LAFLECHE and Marie-Louise-Charlotte PILOTE

Children of Joseph-Jean-Baptiste RICHER and Jeanne VEILLETTE dite LAPLANTE:

Genevieve RICHER (b.24 April 1743, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 30 April 1832, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

Jean-Baptiste RICHER (b.abt. 1744, , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 March 1844, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Marie-Louise ROBICHAUD 24 January 1780 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Jeanne RICHER dite LAFLECHE (b.14 June 1747, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 26 April 1812, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

Alexis RICHER (b.15 January 1751, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 30 May 1833, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Marie Jeanne DAROIS 1 June 1772 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1717 Birth
6 June 1717
Batiscan, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1740 Marriage / Partner
Jeanne VEILLETTE dite LAPLANTE and Joseph-Jean-Baptiste RICHER 5 September 1740 , Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

She was 23 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Genevieve RICHER was born 24 April 1743, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jeanne was 25 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne RICHER dite LAFLECHE was born 14 June 1747, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jeanne was 30 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Alexis RICHER was born 15 January 1751, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jeanne was 33 years old.

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 of Child
Alexis RICHER married 1 June 1772, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Marie Jeanne DAROIS

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste RICHER married 24 January 1780, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Marie-Louise ROBICHAUD

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)