Louis LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR

(b. 21 May 1743 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 1 August 1778 , Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR was born 21 May 1743 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Louis LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR was the child of Jean-Baptiste LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR and Marie-Anne BOUIN dite DUFRESNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR and Marie-Anne HULIN (maternal) Charles-François BOUIN dit DUFRESNE and Marie-Madeleine GAUVIN

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Louis married Geneviève-Barbe-Élisabeth FLUET 3 August 1767 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada . Geneviève-Barbe-Élisabeth FLUET was born 30 July 1743 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Geneviève-Barbe-Élisabeth died 16 January 1814 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Geneviève-Barbe-Élisabeth was the child of Guillaume-Alexis FLUET and Geneviève GAUVIN.

Louis LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR died 1 August 1778 in Lachine, Montréal, 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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Geneviève-Barbe-Élisabeth FLUET-- Date: 3 August 1767 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève-Barbe-Élisabeth FLUET was the child of Guillaume-Alexis FLUET and Geneviève GAUVIN

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1743 Birth
21 May 1743
L'Ancienne Lorette, 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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Louis LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR and Geneviève-Barbe-Élisabeth FLUET 3 August 1767, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

He was 24 years old.

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.