François-Xavier SICARD dit CARUFEL

Born

11 March 1711 , Maskinongé, Canada, New France

Died

7 November 1785 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

François-Xavier married Geneviève LAMPRON dite LACHARITÉ 11 January 1751 in Maskinongé, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Geneviève LAMPRON dite LACHARITÉ was born 8 March 1731 in Maskinongé, Canada, New France . Geneviève died 7 December 1814 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada . Geneviève was the child of Claude LAMPRON dit LACHARITÉ and Marguerite FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE .

Parents & Family of François-Xavier SICARD dit CARUFEL

Parents of François-Xavier SICARD dit CARUFEL

Father

Jean SICARD dit CARUFEL

Mother

Geneviève RATTÉ

Grandparents of François-Xavier SICARD dit CARUFEL

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

Jacques RATTÉ Anne-Marie MARTIN

Spouses, Marriages & Children of François-Xavier SICARD dit CARUFEL

François-Xavier SICARD dit CARUFEL married

Geneviève LAMPRON dite LACHARITÉ
Marriage date: 11 January 1751
Marriage place: Maskinongé, Canada, New France
Geneviève LAMPRON dite LACHARITÉ was the child of Claude LAMPRON dit LACHARITÉ and Marguerite FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE

Children of François-Xavier SICARD dit CARUFEL and Geneviève LAMPRON dite LACHARITÉ

Madeleine SICARD dite LAVAUTÉ

Born: abt. 1752, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 9 November 1814, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada

Genevieve SICARD dite LAVAUTÉ

Born: 28 June 1752, Maskinongé, Canada, New France
Died: 31 May 1812, Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Pierre SICARD dit LAVAUTÉ

Born: 12 February 1757, Maskinongé, Canada, New France
Died: 1 March 1834, Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Joseph SICARD dit LAVAUTÉ

Born: abt. 1778, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in François-Xavier's Québec records.

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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'Francois-Xavier dit Lavaute, born in 1711, married Genevieve Laspron he worked the land called Pointe-a-l'Ail, in the seigneury of Maskinonge.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 231

Birth — 1711
11 March 1711
Maskinongé, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1751 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier SICARD dit CARUFEL and Geneviève LAMPRON dite LACHARITÉ 11 January 1751, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

He was 39 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Genevieve SICARD dite LAVAUTÉ was born 28 June 1752, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

François-Xavier was 41 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Pierre SICARD dit LAVAUTÉ was born 12 February 1757, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

François-Xavier was 45 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.

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.