Archange PAQUET dite LAVALLEE

(b. abt. 1773 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Archange PAQUET dite LAVALLEE was born abt. 1773 in Québec Province, Canada

Archange PAQUET dite LAVALLEE was the child of Antoine PAQUET dit LAVALLEE and Marie-Louise GUILLET dite ST-MARS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marie-Anne CHEVIGNY dite DURAND (maternal) Joseph-Marie GUILLET dit ST-MARS and Marie-Louise BELISLE dite LAMARRE

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Archange married Jacques CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN 7 October 1793 in Beloeil, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN was born 18 February 1774 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Jacques died 26 April 1853 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada (St-Simon-de-Yamaska). Jacques was the child of Jacques CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN and Genevieve REAL dite VILLEMERE.

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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