Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE

(b. 5 March 1709 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 4 March 1795 , Yamaska, Lower Canada )

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Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE was born 5 March 1709 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE was the child of Charles PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Jeanne COULOMBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Isaac-Etienne PAQUET (PASQUIER) dit LAVALLEE and Elisabeth MEUNIER (maternal) Louis COULOMBE and Jeanne-Marguerite BOUCAULT

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

Joseph married Marie Madeleine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) 21 October 1731 in Beaumont, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie Madeleine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) was born abt. 1706 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie Madeleine died 26 April 1739 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie Madeleine was the child of Jean MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) and Marie Madeleine MIRANDE.

Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE died 4 March 1795 in Yamaska, Lower 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 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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Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE married

Marie Madeleine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT)-- Date: 21 October 1731 Place: Beaumont, Canada, New France
Marie Madeleine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) was the child of Jean MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) and Marie Madeleine MIRANDE

Children of Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marie Madeleine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT):

Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE (b.3 August 1732, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 15 March 1801, Longueuil, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine CHAUVIN 12 July 1755 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Madeleine PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE (b.24 August 1734, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 15 November 1801, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph AUTIN 13 May 1782 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1709 Birth
5 March 1709
Beaumont, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1732 Birth of Child
Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE was born 3 August 1732, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Joseph was 23 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Madeleine PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE was born 24 August 1734, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Joseph was 25 years old.

1739 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie Madeleine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) died 26 April 1739, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1741 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marie Madeleine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) 21 October 1731, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

He was 22 years old.

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

1755 Marriage of Child
Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE married 12 July 1755, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Madeleine CHAUVIN

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.

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.