Alexis
PAQUET dit LAVALLEE
(b.
25 July 1779
,
Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
11 August 1832
,
Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
)
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Alexis PAQUET dit LAVALLEE was born 25 July 1779 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Alexis PAQUET dit LAVALLEE was the child of Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Madeleine CHAUVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marie Madeleine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) (maternal) Jean CHAUVIN and Marie-Marthe BLAIN dite LUMINASpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Alexis married Genevieve-Louise PONTON 25 June 1798 in Boucherville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve-Louise PONTON was born 13 April 1772 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Genevieve-Louise died 29 April 1854 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Genevieve-Louise was the child of Pierre-Andre PONTON dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Jeanne THOMAS dite BIGAOUETTE.
Alexis PAQUET dit LAVALLEE died 11 August 1832 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Alexis appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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