Veronique VALENTIN dite MECTEAU

Born

15 February 1731 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

20 October 1823 , Montmagny, Lower Canada

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Michel DERIBOYEN dit VALENTIN Marie-Anne BEAUDRY

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Born: 15 February 1731 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Michel DERIBOYEN dit VALENTIN

Mother: Marie-Anne BEAUDRY

Paternal grandparents: Joannis DERIBOYEN dit VALENTIN , Renee CARMEL

Maternal grandparents: Pierre BEAUDRY dit LEBONHOMME , Elisabeth FAVREAU

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Veronique married Pierre DUPRAS (DUPRAT) 21 September 1779 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre DUPRAS (DUPRAT) was born abt. 1743 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre died 21 May 1818 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Pierre was the child of Pierre-Louis DUPRAS (DUPRAT) and Marie-Thérèse NORMANDIN.

Veronique VALENTIN dite MECTEAU died 20 October 1823 in Montmagny, 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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Veronique VALENTIN dite MECTEAU married

Pierre DUPRAS (DUPRAT)
Marriage date: 21 September 1779
Marriage place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre DUPRAS (DUPRAT) was the child of Pierre-Louis DUPRAS (DUPRAT) and Marie-Thérèse NORMANDIN

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Birth — 1731
15 February 1731
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Veronique VALENTIN dite MECTEAU and Pierre DUPRAS (DUPRAT) 21 September 1779, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 48 years old.

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)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.