Joseph LANGLOIS dit LACHAPELLE

Born

3 September 1751 , Repentigny, Canada, New France

Died

8 February 1830 , Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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Joseph LANGLOIS dit LACHAPELLE Marie-Josephte RIVET

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Born: 3 September 1751 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph LANGLOIS dit LACHAPELLE

Mother: Marie-Josephte RIVET

Paternal grandparents: Jean LANGLOIS dit LACHAPELLE , Marie-Jeanne GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

Maternal grandparents: Alexis RIVET , Marie-Anne MIGNERON

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Joseph married Marie-Victoire GODU 10 June 1776 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Victoire GODU was born 25 October 1753 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Victoire was the child of Joseph GODU and Marie-Madeleine GOULET.

Joseph LANGLOIS dit LACHAPELLE died 8 February 1830 in Saint-Damase, Saint-Hyacinthe, 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 LANGLOIS dit LACHAPELLE married

Marie-Victoire GODU
Marriage date: 10 June 1776
Marriage place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie-Victoire GODU was the child of Joseph GODU and Marie-Madeleine GOULET

Children of Joseph LANGLOIS dit LACHAPELLE and Marie-Victoire GODU

Augustin LANGLOIS dit LACHAPELLE

Born: 6 December 1790, Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Françoise MEUNIER 2 July 1833 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1751
3 September 1751
Repentigny, 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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LANGLOIS dit LACHAPELLE and Marie-Victoire GODU 10 June 1776, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Birth of Child
Augustin LANGLOIS dit LACHAPELLE was born 6 December 1790, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Joseph was 39 years old.

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)