Pierre DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE

(b. 12 April 1767 , Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 August 1841 , L'Orignal, Prescott, Canada West )

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Pierre DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE was born 12 April 1767 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

Pierre DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE was the child of Joseph DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Louise GUETHIER and the grandchild of: (maternal) Louis GUETHIER dit LEVEILLE and Marie Louise POITRAS

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

Pierre married Catherine MOREAU 2 February 1789 in Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine MOREAU was born 18 February 1771 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Catherine died 23 June 1800 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Catherine was the child of Joseph MOREAU and Francoise MAROTTE dite LABONTE.

Pierre DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE died 23 August 1841 in L'Orignal, Prescott, Canada West.
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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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Pierre DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE married

Catherine MOREAU-- Date: 2 February 1789 Place: Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine MOREAU was the child of Joseph MOREAU and Francoise MAROTTE dite LABONTE

Children of Pierre DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE and Catherine MOREAU:

Joseph DOCQUE (b.17 September 1791, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Josephte ROY 9 October 1815 in Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud)

Ignace DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE (b.4 September 1797, Lochaber, Papineau, Québec Canada d. 19 September 1888, Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada )
m. Marie-Anne LANDRIAULT 23 January 1823 in Montebello, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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1767 Birth
12 April 1767
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, 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)

1789 Marriage / Partner
Pierre DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE and Catherine MOREAU 2 February 1789, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

He was 21 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Birth of Child
Joseph DOCQUE was born 17 September 1791, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Pierre was 24 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 Birth of Child
Ignace DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE was born 4 September 1797, Lochaber, Papineau, Québec Canada

Pierre was 30 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1800 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine MOREAU died 23 June 1800, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

1815 Marriage of Child
Joseph DOCQUE married 9 October 1815, Rigaud, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud) to Marie-Josephte ROY

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

1823 Marriage of Child
Ignace DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE married 23 January 1823, Montebello, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Marie-Anne LANDRIAULT

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 Death
23 August 1841
L'Orignal, Prescott, Canada West

He died at the age of 74.

Added: 5/13/2025 3:56:00 PM - Updated: 12/6/2025 4:54:33 PM