Paul QUINTIN dit DUBOIS

(b. 15 August 1748 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 25 December 1814 , Varennes, Lower Canada )

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Paul QUINTIN dit DUBOIS was born 15 August 1748 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Paul QUINTIN dit DUBOIS was the child of Joseph QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Marie-Louise PETIT dite LAPRÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Jeanne DALPE dite PARISEAU (maternal) Louis PETIT dit LAPRÉ and Marie-Anne MEUNIER dite LAPIERRE

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Paul married Charlotte PROVOST 11 February 1793 in Varennes, Lower Canada . Charlotte PROVOST was born abt. 1773 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Charlotte was the child of Jean-Baptiste PROVOST and Marie-Charlotte LUSSIER.

Paul QUINTIN dit DUBOIS died 25 December 1814 in Varennes, 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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Charlotte PROVOST-- Date: 11 February 1793 Place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Charlotte PROVOST was the child of Jean-Baptiste PROVOST and Marie-Charlotte LUSSIER

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1748 Birth
15 August 1748
Varennes, 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.

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)

1793 Marriage / Partner
Paul QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Charlotte PROVOST 11 February 1793, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 44 years old.

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