Paul VEAU dit SYLVAIN

Born

9 February 1730 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Died

1 May 1808 , La Durantaye, Lower Canada

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Etienne VEAU dit SYLVAIN Marguerite LEBRUN dite CARRIER

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Born: 9 February 1730 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Father: Etienne VEAU dit SYLVAIN

Mother: Marguerite LEBRUN dite CARRIER

Paternal grandparents: Etienne VEAU dit SYLVAIN , Marguerite GAGNON

Maternal grandparents: Noël LEBRUN dit CARRIER , Anne BROCHU

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Paul married Therese BOULET (BOULAY) 18 October 1756 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese BOULET (BOULAY) was born abt. 1736 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Therese died 15 April 1803 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada. Therese was the child of Augustin BOULAY and Marie-Suzanne CORRIVEAU.

Paul VEAU dit SYLVAIN died 1 May 1808 in La Durantaye, 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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Paul VEAU dit SYLVAIN married

Therese BOULET (BOULAY)
Marriage date: 18 October 1756
Marriage place: Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
Therese BOULET (BOULAY) was the child of Augustin BOULAY and Marie-Suzanne CORRIVEAU

Children of Paul VEAU dit SYLVAIN and Therese BOULET (BOULAY)

Marie-Therese VEAU dite SYLVAIN

Born: 17 May 1766, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 23 November 1827, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada

Married: Laurent-Dominique POLIQUIN 30 January 1786 Place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1730
9 February 1730
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1756 Marriage / Partner
Paul VEAU dit SYLVAIN and Therese BOULET (BOULAY) 18 October 1756, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

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 Birth of Child
Marie-Therese VEAU dite SYLVAIN was born 17 May 1766, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Paul was 36 years old.

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)

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie-Therese VEAU dite SYLVAIN married 30 January 1786, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to Laurent-Dominique POLIQUIN

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)