Joseph MORIN dit VALCOURT

(b. 20 October 1728 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 29 October 1798 , Oka, Lower Canada )

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Joseph MORIN dit VALCOURT was born 20 October 1728 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Joseph MORIN dit VALCOURT was the child of Augustin MORIN and Charlotte LANGLOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Alphonse MORIN dit VALCOURT and Marie-Catherine CHAMAILLARD (maternal) Joseph LANGLOIS and Louise NOLIN

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Joseph married Genevieve TALON 25 January 1757 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve TALON was born 6 October 1736 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Genevieve was the child of Germain TALON dit LEBOURDELAIS and Françoise FOURNIER.

Joseph MORIN dit VALCOURT died 29 October 1798 in Oka, 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 MORIN dit VALCOURT married

Genevieve TALON-- Date: 25 January 1757 Place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Genevieve TALON was the child of Germain TALON dit LEBOURDELAIS and Françoise FOURNIER

Children of Joseph MORIN dit VALCOURT and Genevieve TALON:

Genevieve MORIN (b.abt. 1759, , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 August 1796, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre GOYER 16 August 1779 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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1728 Birth
20 October 1728
Montmagny, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1757 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MORIN dit VALCOURT and Genevieve TALON 25 January 1757, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 28 years old.

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.