Jean-Baptiste MONETTE dit LAVERDURE

(b. 18 March 1711 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 3 April 1788 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MONETTE dit LAVERDURE was born 18 March 1711 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste MONETTE dit LAVERDURE was the child of François MONET dit LAVERDURE and Marie-Anne DUMAS dite LELONG and the grandchild of: (maternal) René DUMAS dit RENCONTRE and Marie-Magdeleine LELON (LELONG)

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Jean-Baptiste married Elisabeth CUSSON 21 February 1735 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . Elisabeth CUSSON was born 3 April 1714 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth died 31 January 1790 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Elisabeth was the child of Ange CUSSON and Marie-Jeanne BARITEAU dite LAMARCHE.

Jean-Baptiste MONETTE dit LAVERDURE died 3 April 1788 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, 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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Elisabeth CUSSON-- Date: 21 February 1735 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Elisabeth CUSSON was the child of Ange CUSSON and Marie-Jeanne BARITEAU dite LAMARCHE

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1711 Birth
18 March 1711
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1735 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MONETTE dit LAVERDURE and Elisabeth CUSSON 21 February 1735, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 23 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.

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.