Catherine DUMONTET dite LAGRANDEUR

Born

26 February 1762 , La Prairie, Canada

Died

2 February 1823 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Antoine DUMONTET Marie-Françoise BISAILLON

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Catherine DUMONTET dite LAGRANDEUR was born 26 February 1762 in La Prairie, Canada

Catherine DUMONTET dite LAGRANDEUR was the child of Antoine DUMONTET and Marie-Françoise BISAILLON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DUMONTET dit LAGRANDEUR and Elizabeth CORSE (maternal) Étienne BISAILLON and Anne-Françoise LEBER

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Catherine married François-Marie MOQUIN 29 April 1782 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François-Marie MOQUIN was born 19 January 1760 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). François-Marie died 14 April 1824 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). François-Marie was the child of François-Antoine MOQUIN and Marguerite PINSONNEAULT.

Catherine DUMONTET dite LAGRANDEUR died 2 February 1823 in La Prairie, 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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Catherine DUMONTET dite LAGRANDEUR married

François-Marie MOQUIN-- Date: 29 April 1782 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
François-Marie MOQUIN was the child of François-Antoine MOQUIN and Marguerite PINSONNEAULT

Children of François-Marie MOQUIN and Catherine DUMONTET dite LAGRANDEUR

Josephe MOQUIN (b.7 December 1800, La Prairie, Lower Canada d. 25 August 1834, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste LEVASSEUR dit CARMEL 6 October 1823 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1762 Birth
26 February 1762
La Prairie, Canada

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Catherine DUMONTET dite LAGRANDEUR and François-Marie MOQUIN 29 April 1782, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 20 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)

1800 Birth of Child
Josephe MOQUIN was born 7 December 1800, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Catherine was 38 years old.

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England