Joseph DOCQUE
Born: 17 September 1791, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Marie-Josephte ROY 9 October 1815 Place: Rigaud, Lower Canada
Pierre
DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE
Born
12 April 1767
,
Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Died
23 August 1841
,
L'Orignal, Prescott, Canada West
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Pierre DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE married 
Catherine MOREAU
Marriage date: 2 February 1789
Marriage place: Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine MOREAU was the child of Joseph MOREAU and Francoise MAROTTE dite LABONTE
Catherine MOREAUMarriage date: 2 February 1789
Marriage 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
Ignace DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE
Born: 4 September 1797, Lochaber, Papineau, Québec Canada
Died: 19 September 1888, Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada
Died: 19 September 1888, Clarence Creek, Ontario, Canada
Married: Marie-Anne LANDRIAULT 23 January 1823 Place: Montebello, Lower Canada
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Québec Genealogy Notes
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Québec Place Names Through History
Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.
- Early 1600s–1760
- Canada, New France
- 1760–1763
- Canada
- 1763–1791
- Province of Québec
- 1791–1867
- Lower Canada
- 1867–present
- Québec, Canada
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.
A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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Birth — 176712 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 / PartnerPierre 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 Canada1791 Birth of ChildJoseph DOCQUE was born 17 September 1791, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
Pierre was 24 years old.
1797 Birth of ChildIgnace DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE was born 4 September 1797, Lochaber, Papineau, Québec Canada
Pierre was 30 years old.
1800 Death of Spouse/PartnerCatherine MOREAU died 23 June 1800, Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)
1815 Marriage of ChildJoseph DOCQUE married 9 October 1815, Rigaud, Lower Canada to Marie-Josephte ROY
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 England1823 Marriage of ChildIgnace DOCQUE dit LAVIOLETTE married 23 January 1823, Montebello, Lower Canada to Marie-Anne LANDRIAULT
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of EnglandDeath — 184123 August 1841
L'Orignal, Prescott, Canada West
He died at the age of 74.
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