Basile
CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE
Born
12 February 1781
,
Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Died
11 July 1812
,
Sorel, Lower Canada
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Basile CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE married Marguerite-Agathe MANDEVILLE
Marriage date: 7 January 1799
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Marguerite-Agathe MANDEVILLE was the child of Joseph MANDEVILLE and Marie-Ursule BOURGAULT dite LACROIX
Marguerite-Agathe MANDEVILLEMarriage date: 7 January 1799
Marriage place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Marguerite-Agathe MANDEVILLE was the child of Joseph MANDEVILLE and Marie-Ursule BOURGAULT dite LACROIX
Children of Basile CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE and Marguerite-Agathe MANDEVILLE
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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 — 178112 February 1781
Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1799 Marriage / PartnerBasile CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE and Marguerite-Agathe MANDEVILLE 7 January 1799, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
He was 17 years old.
1799 Birth of ChildAgathe CHESNE was born 12 March 1799, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Basile was 18 years old.
1800 Birth of ChildBasile CHESNE was born 2 July 1800, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Basile was 19 years old.
1803 Death of ChildBasile CHESNE died 13 April 1803, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Basile was 22 years old.
1803 Birth of ChildJoseph CHESNE was born 13 July 1803, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Basile was 22 years old.
1805 Birth of ChildMarie-Françoise CHESNE was born 22 March 1805, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Basile was 24 years old.
1806 Birth of ChildFrançois-Xavier CHESNE was born 27 November 1806, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Basile was 25 years old.
1809 Death of ChildMarie-Françoise CHESNE died 15 May 1809, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Basile was 28 years old.
1809 Birth of ChildFrançois CHESNE was born 6 September 1809, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Basile was 28 years old.
1810 Death of ChildFrançois CHESNE died 13 November 1810, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
Basile was 29 years old.
Death — 181211 July 1812
Sorel, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 31.
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