Josephte PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX

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18 August 1748 , Sorel, Canada, New France

Died

29 August 1806 , Sorel, Lower Canada

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Pierre PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX Marie-Rose HUS PAUL

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Born: 18 August 1748 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX

Mother: Marie-Rose HUS PAUL

Paternal grandparents: Felix PELOQUIN dit CREDIT , Marie PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

Maternal grandparents: Paul HUS PAUL , Marie-Rose DEGUIRE dite DESROSIERS

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Josephte married Amable LAVALLÉE 14 January 1765 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Amable LAVALLÉE was born 10 June 1742 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Amable died 12 May 1811 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Amable was the child of Michel LAVALLEE dit PAQUET and Marguerite PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO).

Josephte PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX died 29 August 1806 in Sorel, 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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Josephte PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX married

Amable LAVALLÉE
Marriage date: 14 January 1765
Marriage place: Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Amable LAVALLÉE was the child of Michel LAVALLEE dit PAQUET and Marguerite PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO)

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Children:

Marianne Lavallée Dufort 1768-1799

Marie-Charles Lavallée 1770-1813

Élisabeth Lavallée 1778-

Children of Amable LAVALLÉE and Josephte PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX

Marianne LAVALLÉE DUFORT

Born: 16 November 1768, Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 24 September 1799, Sorel, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre PAUL HUS 12 November 1792 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1748
18 August 1748
Sorel, Canada, New France

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

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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Josephte PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX and Amable LAVALLÉE 14 January 1765, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 16 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marianne LAVALLÉE DUFORT was born 16 November 1768, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Josephte was 20 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.