Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE

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abt. 1740 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

31 August 1824 , La Durantaye, Lower Canada

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Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE Marie-Madeleine DENIS

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Born: abt. 1740 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE

Mother: Marie-Madeleine DENIS

Paternal grandparents: Louis CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE , Catherine DUMAS

Maternal grandparents: Charles DENIS dit LAPIERRE , Marie-Madeleine PICHET

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Joseph married Marie-Françoise ROY 9 February 1767 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Françoise ROY was born abt. 1747 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Françoise died 31 October 1807 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada. Marie-Françoise was the child of Pierre ROY and Marie-Françoise ALLAIRE.

Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE died 31 August 1824 in La Durantaye, 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 CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE married

Marie-Françoise ROY
Marriage date: 9 February 1767
Marriage place: Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Françoise ROY was the child of Pierre ROY and Marie-Françoise ALLAIRE

Children of Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE and Marie-Françoise ROY

Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE

Born: 12 December 1767, La Durantaye, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 25 May 1844, La Durantaye, Canada East

Married: Reine ROY 14 November 1791 Place: Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Clotilde CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE

Born: 25 August 1772, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 8 October 1835, Ste-Claire, Dorchester, Quebec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste BOULET (BOULAY) 8 February 1796 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE and Marie-Françoise ROY 9 February 1767, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

1767 Birth of Child
Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE was born 12 December 1767, La Durantaye, Québec, Canada

1772 Birth of Child
Clotilde CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE was born 25 August 1772, Saint-Vallier, 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

1791 Marriage of Child
Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE married 14 November 1791, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada to Reine ROY

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Marriage of Child
Clotilde CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE married 8 February 1796, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste BOULET (BOULAY)

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