Jean-Baptiste VIGEANT dit TAUPIER

(b. 14 June 1720 , Chambly, Canada, New France d. 4 June 1799 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste VIGEANT dit TAUPIER was born 14 June 1720 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste VIGEANT dit TAUPIER was the child of Jean VIGEANT dit TAUPIER and Marie-Anne PERRIER dite OLIVIER and the grandchild of: (maternal) Laurent PERRIER dit OLIVIER and Marie BESSETTE (BESSET)

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Jean-Baptiste married Charlotte BESSETTE (BESSET) 4 November 1743 in Chambly, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte BESSETTE (BESSET) was born 20 April 1721 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Charlotte died 6 May 1801 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Charlotte was the child of François BESSETTE (BESSET) and Marie-Claude DUBOIS.

Jean-Baptiste VIGEANT dit TAUPIER died 4 June 1799 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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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Jean-Baptiste VIGEANT dit TAUPIER married

Charlotte BESSETTE (BESSET)-- Date: 4 November 1743 Place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Charlotte BESSETTE (BESSET) was the child of François BESSETTE (BESSET) and Marie-Claude DUBOIS

Children of Jean-Baptiste VIGEANT dit TAUPIER and Charlotte BESSETTE (BESSET):

Marie-Ursule VIGEANT dite TAUPIER (b.15 April 1750, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 10 March 1806, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie PAQUET 7 November 1768 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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1720 Birth
14 June 1720
Chambly, Canada, New France

1743 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste VIGEANT dit TAUPIER and Charlotte BESSETTE (BESSET) 4 November 1743, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 23 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Marie-Ursule VIGEANT dite TAUPIER was born 15 April 1750, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Marie-Ursule VIGEANT dite TAUPIER married 7 November 1768, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Joseph-Marie PAQUET

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.