François-Xavier SICARD dit CARUFEL

(b. 11 March 1711 , Maskinongé, Canada, New France d. 7 November 1785 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada )

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François-Xavier SICARD dit CARUFEL was born 11 March 1711 in Maskinongé, Canada, New France

François-Xavier SICARD dit CARUFEL was the child of Jean SICARD dit CARUFEL and Geneviève RATTÉ and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques RATTÉ and Anne-Marie MARTIN

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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, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Geneviève died 7 December 1814 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Geneviève was the child of Claude LAMPRON dit LACHARITÉ and Marguerite FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE.

François-Xavier SICARD dit CARUFEL died 7 November 1785 in Yamaska, 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 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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François-Xavier SICARD dit CARUFEL married

Geneviève LAMPRON dite LACHARITÉ-- Date: 11 January 1751 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 (b.abt. 1752, , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 November 1814, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada )

Genevieve SICARD dite LAVAUTÉ (b.28 June 1752, Maskinongé, Canada, New France d. 31 May 1812, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

Pierre SICARD dit LAVAUTÉ (b.12 February 1757, Maskinongé, Canada, New France d. 1 March 1834, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

Joseph SICARD dit LAVAUTÉ (b.abt. 1778, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1711 Birth
11 March 1711
Maskinongé, Canada, New France

'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

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.