Joseph-Jacques RAUQUE dit LALANCETTE

(b. 27 September 1733 , France d. 31 March 1810 , Yamaska, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Jacques RAUQUE dit LALANCETTE was born 27 September 1733 in France

Joseph-Jacques RAUQUE dit LALANCETTE was the child of Jacques RAUQUE (ROQUES) and Marie-Anne TESSIER

Joseph-Jacques was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1763.

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

Joseph-Jacques married Agathe GIGUERE 4 October 1763 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Agathe GIGUERE was born 27 September 1742 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Agathe died 19 February 1829 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Agathe was the child of Louis GIGUERE and Élisabeth DEGUIRE dite DESROSIERS.

Joseph-Jacques RAUQUE dit LALANCETTE died 31 March 1810 in Yamaska, Lower Canada .

son of Jacques Rauque and Marie-Anne Teissier

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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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