Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE

(b. 30 June 1753 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France d. 26 August 1799 , La Malbaie, Lower Canada )

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Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE was born 30 June 1753 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France

Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE was the child of Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE and Marie-Anne GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph AMIOT and Marie-Louise BOUCHARD (maternal) François-Xavier GAGNÉ and Geneviève FILION

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Joseph married Marie-Louise SAVARD 10 September 1785 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Louise SAVARD was born 20 May 1765 in Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres). Marie-Louise died 19 November 1836 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Marie-Louise was the child of François-Louis SAVARD and Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD.

Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE died 26 August 1799 in La Malbaie, 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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Family and Children of Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE

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Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE married

Marie-Louise SAVARD-- Date: 10 September 1785 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise SAVARD was the child of François-Louis SAVARD and Marie-Anne-Victoire GIRARD

Children of Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE and Marie-Louise SAVARD:

Joseph VILLENEUVE (b.15 May 1786, La Malbaie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 May 1865, La Malbaie, Canada East )
m. Marguerite BRISSON 11 November 1805 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Francois VILLENEUVE (b.abt. 1787, , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 July 1829, La Malbaie, Lower Canada )
m. Rose GAGNON 6 August 1811 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Moise VILLENEUVE dit AMIOT (b.23 September 1792, La Malbaie, Lower Canada d. 10 December 1872, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Anne DESBIENS 8 September 1812 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

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1753 Birth
30 June 1753
Isle-aux-Coudres, Canada, New France

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 - 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
Joseph AMIOT dit VILLENEUVE and Marie-Louise SAVARD 10 September 1785, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

He was 32 years old.

1786 Birth of Child
Joseph VILLENEUVE was born 15 May 1786, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 32 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Moise VILLENEUVE dit AMIOT was born 23 September 1792, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Joseph was 39 years old.

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