Francois DAUMAIS dit LAVIOLETTE

Born

15 October 1763 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

2 May 1838 , Saint-Luc, Lower Canada

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Pierre-Sebastien DAUNAIS dit LAVIOLETTE Marie-Amable MARIER (LEMARIÉ)

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Born: 15 October 1763 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Pierre-Sebastien DAUNAIS dit LAVIOLETTE

Mother: Marie-Amable MARIER (LEMARIÉ)

Maternal grandparents: Jacques MARIER (LEMARIÉ) , Angélique DESROCHES

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Francois married Marie QUATREFAGE dite BEAUSOLEIL 16 September 1785 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie QUATREFAGE dite BEAUSOLEIL was born abt. 1764 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie was the child of Pierre QUATREFAGE dit BEAUSOLEIL and Françoise BANLIER.

Francois DAUMAIS dit LAVIOLETTE died 2 May 1838 in Saint-Luc, 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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Francois DAUMAIS dit LAVIOLETTE married

Marie QUATREFAGE dite BEAUSOLEIL
Marriage date: 16 September 1785
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie QUATREFAGE dite BEAUSOLEIL was the child of Pierre QUATREFAGE dit BEAUSOLEIL and Françoise BANLIER

Children of Francois DAUMAIS dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie QUATREFAGE dite BEAUSOLEIL

Marie-Marguerite DAUMAIS dite LAVIOLETTE

Born: 22 June 1793, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 24 August 1852, Marieville, Rouville, Canada East

Married: Joseph TETREAULT 7 February 1814 Place: Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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Birth — 1763
15 October 1763
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, 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)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Francois DAUMAIS dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie QUATREFAGE dite BEAUSOLEIL 16 September 1785, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1793 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite DAUMAIS dite LAVIOLETTE was born 22 June 1793, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Francois was 29 years old.

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

1814 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite DAUMAIS dite LAVIOLETTE married 7 February 1814, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Joseph TETREAULT

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