Joseph ORION dit CHAMPAGNE

Born

20 November 1775 , Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

17 December 1847 , Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Canada East

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Jean Baptiste ORION Francoise GAUDET

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Born: 20 November 1775 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean Baptiste ORION

Mother: Francoise GAUDET

Paternal grandparents: Charles ORION dit CHAMPAGNE (ORILLON) , Anne Jeanne RICHARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean Baptiste GAUDET , Marie DOUCET

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Joseph married Antoinette CLOUTIER 11 January 1808 in Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoinette CLOUTIER was born 28 April 1784 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Antoinette died 4 March 1862 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada. Antoinette was the child of François CLOUTIER and Antoinette LAPLANTE.

Joseph ORION dit CHAMPAGNE died 17 December 1847 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Canada East.
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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 ORION dit CHAMPAGNE married

Antoinette CLOUTIER
Marriage date: 11 January 1808
Marriage place: Nicolet, Lower Canada
Antoinette CLOUTIER was the child of François CLOUTIER and Antoinette LAPLANTE

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Children of Joseph ORION dit CHAMPAGNE and Antoinette CLOUTIER

Pierre CHAMPAGNE

Born: 29 April 1820, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 2 December 1870, Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, Richmond, Quebec, Canada

Married: Victoire LEBLANC 1 July 1845 Place: Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1775
20 November 1775
Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)

1808 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ORION dit CHAMPAGNE and Antoinette CLOUTIER 11 January 1808, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He was 32 years old.

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