Jean-Baptiste POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE

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23 December 1765 , Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

23 September 1814 , Chambly, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste POUDRETTE Marie-Anne DESROCHES

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Born: 23 December 1765 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste POUDRETTE

Mother: Marie-Anne DESROCHES

Paternal grandparents: André POUTRE (POUDRETTE) dit LAVIGNE , Marie-Dorothee ÉTHIER

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DESROCHES , Marie-Catherine BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE

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Jean-Baptiste married Charlotte DUFRESNE 9 November 1790 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte DUFRESNE was born 21 February 1774 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Charlotte died 25 October 1814 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Charlotte was the child of Pierre-Benjamin DUFRESNE and Marie-Anne-Therese BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE.

Jean-Baptiste POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE died 23 September 1814 in Chambly, 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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Jean-Baptiste POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE married

Charlotte DUFRESNE
Marriage date: 9 November 1790
Marriage place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Charlotte DUFRESNE was the child of Pierre-Benjamin DUFRESNE and Marie-Anne-Therese BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE

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Basile POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE

Born: abt. 1797, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 22 January 1841, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

Married: Marie-Anne HEBERT

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Birth — 1765
23 December 1765
Chambly, 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)

1790 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE and Charlotte DUFRESNE 9 November 1790, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 24 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)