Louis REGEAS dit LAPRADE

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abt. 1747 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

6 June 1833 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

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Louis REGEAS dit LAPRADE Marie-Marguerite BREARD dite LAROCHE

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Born: abt. 1747 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Louis REGEAS dit LAPRADE

Mother: Marie-Marguerite BREARD dite LAROCHE

Paternal grandparents: Louis REGEAS , Marie-Anne GUIGNARD dite DALCOUR (DALCOURT)

Maternal grandparents: Pierre BREARD dit LAROCHE , Élisabeth-Isabelle PERRAULT

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Louis married Marie-Angélique MATTE 16 October 1775 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angélique MATTE was born 3 June 1755 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Angélique died 4 March 1830 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Marie-Angélique was the child of Alexis MATTE and Marie-Thérèse GIGNAC.

Louis REGEAS dit LAPRADE died 6 June 1833 in Sainte-Élisabeth, 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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Louis REGEAS dit LAPRADE married

Marie-Angélique MATTE
Marriage date: 16 October 1775
Marriage place: Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie-Angélique MATTE was the child of Alexis MATTE and Marie-Thérèse GIGNAC

Children of Louis REGEAS dit LAPRADE and Marie-Angélique MATTE

Joseph-Ambroise REGEAS dit LAPRADE

Born: 28 January 1785, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Madeleine GUILBAULT 4 May 1807 Place: Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Louis REGEAS dit LAPRADE and Marie-Angélique MATTE 16 October 1775, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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)

1785 Birth of Child
Joseph-Ambroise REGEAS dit LAPRADE was born 28 January 1785, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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)

1807 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Ambroise REGEAS dit LAPRADE married 4 May 1807, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Madeleine GUILBAULT

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)