Jean VALADE dit LAVERGNE

Born

15 January 1709 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Died

1 December 1787 , Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean VALADE Marie-Anne GAUDREU

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Born: 15 January 1709 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Jean VALADE

Mother: Marie-Anne GAUDREU

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume VALADE , Françoise ANCELIN (ASSELIN)

Maternal grandparents: Charles GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) , Françoise COUSIN

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Jean married Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE 13 April 1733 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France . Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE was born 6 June 1696 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Marie-Josephe died 5 April 1766 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Josephe was the child of Pierre LEFEBVRE and Marie-Madeleine TRUDEL.

Jean married (2) Marie-Edmee LESSARD 8 October 1766 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Edmee LESSARD was born 3 June 1709 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre). Marie-Edmee was the child of Prisque LESSARD and Marie JACOB.

Jean VALADE dit LAVERGNE died 1 December 1787 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, 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 VALADE dit LAVERGNE married

Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE
Marriage date: 13 April 1733
Marriage place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE was the child of Pierre LEFEBVRE and Marie-Madeleine TRUDEL

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Jean VALADE dit LAVERGNE married

Marie-Edmee LESSARD
Marriage date: 8 October 1766
Marriage place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Edmee LESSARD was the child of Prisque LESSARD and Marie JACOB

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Birth — 1709
15 January 1709
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Marriage / Partner
Jean VALADE dit LAVERGNE and Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE 13 April 1733, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 24 years old.

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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Jean VALADE dit LAVERGNE and Marie-Edmee LESSARD 8 October 1766, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

He was 57 years old.

1766 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe LEFEBVRE died 5 April 1766, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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.