Marie-Françoise PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE

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2 June 1736 , Verchères, Canada, New France

Died

7 May 1820 , Verchères, Lower Canada

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Charles PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE Charlotte ALLAIRE

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Born: 2 June 1736 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Father: Charles PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE

Mother: Charlotte ALLAIRE

Paternal grandparents: Charles PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE , Jeanne COULOMBE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François ALLAIRE , Anne LABBE

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Marie-Françoise married Antoine CHAGNON 15 May 1752 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Antoine CHAGNON was born 19 September 1727 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Antoine died 22 May 1787 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Antoine was the child of Louis CHAGNON dit LAROSE and Madeleine FOISY.

Marie-Françoise PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE died 7 May 1820 in Verchères, 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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Marie-Françoise PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE married

Antoine CHAGNON
Marriage date: 15 May 1752
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada, New France
Antoine CHAGNON was the child of Louis CHAGNON dit LAROSE and Madeleine FOISY

Children of Antoine CHAGNON and Marie-Françoise PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE

Françoise CHAGNON

Born: 20 October 1753, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 24 July 1796, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Louis-Michel TRUDEAU 9 July 1770 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Antoine CHAGNON

Born: 29 March 1755, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Charlotte ADAM 13 February 1775 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Barthélémy CHAGNON

Born: 17 December 1759, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 25 December 1814, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Veronique MARTEL 15 February 1779 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Louis CHAGNON

Born: 9 December 1762, Verchères, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Louise ROLLAND 28 October 1782 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Marie-Amable CHAGNON

Born: 26 December 1770, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: François LEVESQUE 28 September 1789 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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Birth — 1736
2 June 1736
Verchères, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE and Antoine CHAGNON 15 May 1752, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 15 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Françoise CHAGNON was born 20 October 1753, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Marie-Françoise was 17 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Antoine CHAGNON was born 29 March 1755, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Marie-Françoise was 18 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Barthélémy CHAGNON was born 17 December 1759, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Marie-Françoise was 23 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Louis CHAGNON was born 9 December 1762, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Marie-Françoise was 26 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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Françoise CHAGNON married 9 July 1770, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Louis-Michel TRUDEAU

1770 Birth of Child
Marie-Amable CHAGNON was born 26 December 1770, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Marie-Françoise was 34 years old.

1775 Marriage of Child
Antoine CHAGNON married 13 February 1775, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Charlotte ADAM

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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Barthélémy CHAGNON married 15 February 1779, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Veronique MARTEL

1782 Marriage of Child
Louis CHAGNON married 28 October 1782, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Marie-Louise ROLLAND

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Death of Spouse/Partner
Antoine CHAGNON died 22 May 1787, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

1789 Marriage of Child
Marie-Amable CHAGNON married 28 September 1789, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to François LEVESQUE

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Death of Child
Françoise CHAGNON died 24 July 1796, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Françoise was 60 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1814 Death of Child
Barthélémy CHAGNON died 25 December 1814, Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Françoise was 78 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

Death — 1820
7 May 1820
Verchères, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 83.

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