Joseph JAHAN dit LAVIOLETTE

(b. 14 August 1774 , Carleton-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 May 1829 , Charlo, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Joseph JAHAN dit LAVIOLETTE was born 14 August 1774 in Carleton-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph JAHAN dit LAVIOLETTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste JAHAN dit LAVIOLETTE and Thérèse ARSENAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph JAHAN dit LAVIOLETTE and Marguerite ROY (maternal) Pierre ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) and Marie Marguerite CORMIER

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

Joseph married Marie-Anne MCINTYRE 24 January 1802 in Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Anne MCINTYRE was born 4 February 1781 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Anne died abt. 1851 in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Edouard Leonard MCINTYRE and Margaret Bridgit MCKENZIE.

Joseph JAHAN dit LAVIOLETTE died 25 May 1829 in Charlo, New Brunswick, 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 JAHAN dit LAVIOLETTE married

Marie-Anne MCINTYRE-- Date: 24 January 1802 Place: Carleton-sur-Mer, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne MCINTYRE was the child of Edouard Leonard MCINTYRE and Margaret Bridgit MCKENZIE

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Children of Joseph JAHAN dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Anne MCINTYRE:

Marie-Sarah LAVIOLETTE (b.26 March 1802, Bonaventure, Lower Canada d. 28 July 1869, Charlo, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Joseph-Isaac ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT) 29 November 1824 in Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

Marie Rose LAVIOLETTE (b.19 May 1809, Riviere à l'Anguille, New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Sebastien DOUCET 4 September 1826 in Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer)

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1774 Birth
14 August 1774
Carleton-sur-Mer, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

1802 Marriage / Partner
Joseph JAHAN dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Anne MCINTYRE 24 January 1802, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer)

He was 27 years old.

1802 Birth of Child
Marie-Sarah LAVIOLETTE was born 26 March 1802, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure)

Joseph was 27 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Marie Rose LAVIOLETTE was born 19 May 1809, Riviere à l'Anguille, New Brunswick, Canada

Joseph was 34 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

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

1824 Marriage of Child
Marie-Sarah LAVIOLETTE married 29 November 1824, Bonaventure, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bonaventure) to Joseph-Isaac ARSENEAU (ARSENAULT)

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

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

1826 Marriage of Child
Marie Rose LAVIOLETTE married 4 September 1826, Carleton-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Carleton) (St-Omer) to Sebastien DOUCET

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)