Joseph COTIN dit DUGAL

(b. 28 March 1754 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 4 February 1818 , Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada )

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Joseph COTIN dit DUGAL was born 28 March 1754 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Joseph COTIN dit DUGAL was the child of Augustin COTIN dit DUGAL and Charlotte-Laurence FLUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph COTIN dit DUGAL and Marie-Charlotte GABOURY (maternal) Louis FLUET and Marguerite-Agnès CHEVALIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Marguerite BERNARD 1 February 1780 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite BERNARD was born abt. 1761 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite died 27 October 1833 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville). Marguerite was the child of Pierre-Antoine BERNARD and Josephe-Madeleine PAGEAU (PAGEOT).

Joseph COTIN dit DUGAL died 4 February 1818 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, 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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Joseph COTIN dit DUGAL married

Marguerite BERNARD-- Date: 1 February 1780 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite BERNARD was the child of Pierre-Antoine BERNARD and Josephe-Madeleine PAGEAU (PAGEOT)

Children of Joseph COTIN dit DUGAL and Marguerite BERNARD:

Augustin COTIN dit DUGAL (b.21 August 1790, Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Julie PLAMONDON 12 June 1815 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

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1754 Birth
28 March 1754
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Joseph COTIN dit DUGAL and Marguerite BERNARD 1 February 1780, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 25 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Birth of Child
Augustin COTIN dit DUGAL was born 21 August 1790, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Joseph was 36 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)

1815 Marriage of Child
Augustin COTIN dit DUGAL married 12 June 1815, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation) to Julie PLAMONDON

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)