Francois
PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE
(b.
abt. 1772
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
8 September 1841
,
Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada East
)
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Francois PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE was born abt. 1772 in Québec Province, Canada
Francois PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE was the child of Gabriel PAQUET and Angelique GONTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Judith LECLERC (maternal) Pierre-Louis GONTHIER and Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE)Francois PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE died 8 September 1841 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada East .
m. Lacombe Elisabeth
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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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.
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 Canada1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1841 Death 8 September 1841
Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada East
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