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

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Paul VEAU dit SYLVAIN Therese BOULET (BOULAY)

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Born: 17 May 1766 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Paul VEAU dit SYLVAIN

Mother: Therese BOULET (BOULAY)

Paternal grandparents: Etienne VEAU dit SYLVAIN , Marguerite LEBRUN dite CARRIER

Maternal grandparents: Augustin BOULAY , Marie-Suzanne CORRIVEAU

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Marie-Therese married Laurent-Dominique POLIQUIN 30 January 1786 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Laurent-Dominique POLIQUIN was born 21 September 1764 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Laurent-Dominique died 14 April 1849 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Laurent-Dominique was the child of Joseph-Dominique POLIQUIN and Angélique DANGEUGER dite LECHASSEUR.

Marie-Therese VEAU dite SYLVAIN died 23 November 1827 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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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Marie-Therese VEAU dite SYLVAIN married

Laurent-Dominique POLIQUIN
Marriage date: 30 January 1786
Marriage place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

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Laurent-Dominique POLIQUIN was the child of Joseph-Dominique POLIQUIN and Angélique DANGEUGER dite LECHASSEUR

Children of Laurent-Dominique POLIQUIN and Marie-Therese VEAU dite SYLVAIN

Marie-Adelaide POLIQUIN

Born: 26 November 1790, La Durantaye, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis RICHARD 17 September 1811 Place: La Durantaye, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1766
17 May 1766
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, 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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Therese VEAU dite SYLVAIN and Laurent-Dominique POLIQUIN 30 January 1786, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

1790 Birth of Child
Marie-Adelaide POLIQUIN was born 26 November 1790, La Durantaye, Québec, Canada

Marie-Therese was 24 years old.

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)

1811 Marriage of Child
Marie-Adelaide POLIQUIN married 17 September 1811, La Durantaye, Québec, Canada to Louis RICHARD

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