Joseph-Marie POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE

(b. 25 July 1755 , Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France d. 5 September 1795 , Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Marie POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE was born 25 July 1755 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE was the child of André POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Josephe DAOUST and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques POUTRE dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Anne SIMON dite LEONARD (maternal) Guillaume DAOUST and Elizabeth PILON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph-Marie married Angelique RANGER 17 January 1774 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique RANGER was born 2 October 1756 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Angelique was the child of Hubert RANGER and Elisabeth ROBILLARD.

Joseph-Marie POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE died 5 September 1795 in Sainte-Geneviève, 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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Joseph-Marie POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE married

Angelique RANGER-- Date: 17 January 1774 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Angelique RANGER was the child of Hubert RANGER and Elisabeth ROBILLARD

Children of Joseph-Marie POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE and Angelique RANGER:

Joseph POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE (b.17 November 1774, Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Elisabeth LAROCQUE 27 November 1797 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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1755 Birth
25 July 1755
Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE and Angelique RANGER 17 January 1774, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 18 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Joseph POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE was born 17 November 1774, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Joseph-Marie was 19 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.