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Josephte PETIT dite CHAUVIN

(b. 18 May 1727 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 16 October 1780 , Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Josephte PETIT dite CHAUVIN was born 18 May 1727 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Josephte PETIT dite CHAUVIN was the child of Nicolas PETIT and Michele CHAUVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis PETIT and Marie-Madeleine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE (maternal) Jean CHAUVIN and Madeleine COURTOIS

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

Josephte married Louis-Herman BLAIN 25 October 1745 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children. Louis-Herman BLAIN was born 21 May 1725 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Louis-Herman died 21 March 1782 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Louis-Herman was the child of Louis BLAIN dit HABLIN and Marie-Madeleine LUMINEAU (MINEAU).

Josephte PETIT dite CHAUVIN died 16 October 1780 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada .

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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 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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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Josephte PETIT dite CHAUVIN

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Josephte PETIT dite CHAUVIN married

Louis-Herman BLAIN-- Date: 25 October 1745 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Louis-Herman BLAIN was the child of Louis BLAIN dit HABLIN and Marie-Madeleine LUMINEAU (MINEAU)

Children:

Josephte Blain Habelin 1747-1806
Reine-Renée Blain 1750-
Élisabeth Blain 1756-1796
Louis-Jean Blain 1757-
Herman-Armand Blain 1759-1804
Catherine Blain 1761-1815
Lise-Louise Blain 1766-
Urbain Blain 1768-
Marguerite Blain 1770-
Desanges-Angélique Blain 1771-

Children of Louis-Herman BLAIN and Josephte PETIT dite CHAUVIN:

Marie-Josephe BLAIN dite HABELIN (b.28 August 1747, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Constant BACHAND dit VERTEFEUILLE 27 January 1769 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Louis-Jean BLAIN (b.9 September 1757, Varennes, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Louise AUBERTIN 7 February 1780 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Herman-Armand BLAIN (b.20 September 1759, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 25 October 1804, Varennes, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Catherine-Reine ALBERT 12 July 1779 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Catherine BLAIN (b.11 October 1761, Varennes, Canada d. 11 October 1815, Longueuil, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Francois BACHAND dit VERTEFEUILLE 14 October 1776 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Lise-Louise BLAIN (b.18 April 1766, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 June 1835, Varennes, Lower Canada )
m. Basile DAUNAIS 19 January 1784 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Urbain BLAIN (b.abt. 1768, , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 July 1826, Varennes, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Angelique DALPE dite PARISEAU 12 July 1790 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Desanges-Angélique BLAIN (b.15 July 1771, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Louis AUDET dit LAPOINTE 26 November 1787 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1727 Birth
18 May 1727
Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

1745 Marriage / Partner
Josephte PETIT dite CHAUVIN and Louis-Herman BLAIN 25 October 1745, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 18 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe BLAIN dite HABELIN was born 28 August 1747, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Josephte was 20 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1757 Birth of Child
Louis-Jean BLAIN was born 9 September 1757, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Josephte was 30 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Herman-Armand BLAIN was born 20 September 1759, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Josephte was 32 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Catherine BLAIN was born 11 October 1761, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Josephte was 34 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1766 Birth of Child
Lise-Louise BLAIN was born 18 April 1766, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Josephte was 38 years old.

1769 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe BLAIN dite HABELIN married 27 January 1769, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Constant BACHAND dit VERTEFEUILLE

1771 Birth of Child
Desanges-Angélique BLAIN was born 15 July 1771, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Josephte was 44 years old.

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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Catherine BLAIN married 14 October 1776, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Jean-Francois BACHAND dit VERTEFEUILLE

1779 Marriage of Child
Herman-Armand BLAIN married 12 July 1779, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Marie-Catherine-Reine ALBERT