Catherine JOYAL dite ST-QUENTIN

Born

25 April 1729 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Died

28 June 1824 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

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François JOYAL dit ST-QUENTIN Catherine RHEAULT (RAULT)

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Born: 25 April 1729 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Father: François JOYAL dit ST-QUENTIN

Mother: Catherine RHEAULT (RAULT)

Paternal grandparents: Jacques-Louis JOYAL dit BERGERAT (JOUIEL) , Marie-Gertrude MORAL

Maternal grandparents: Pierre RHEAULT (RAULT) , Marie-Madeleine VANASSE

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Catherine married Amable PROULX 12 November 1760 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Amable PROULX was born 8 October 1732 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Amable died 3 September 1814 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Amable was the child of Claude PROULX and Isabelle ROBIDAS dite MANSEAU.

Catherine JOYAL dite ST-QUENTIN died 28 June 1824 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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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Spouse & Children of Catherine JOYAL dite ST-QUENTIN

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Catherine JOYAL dite ST-QUENTIN married

Amable PROULX
Marriage date: 12 November 1760
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Amable PROULX was the child of Claude PROULX and Isabelle ROBIDAS dite MANSEAU

Children of Amable PROULX and Catherine JOYAL dite ST-QUENTIN

Catherine PROULX

Born: 6 June 1767, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 28 April 1820, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada

Married: Antoine FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE 13 February 1786 Place: Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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Birth — 1729
25 April 1729
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Catherine JOYAL dite ST-QUENTIN and Amable PROULX 12 November 1760, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 31 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.

1767 Birth of Child
Catherine PROULX was born 6 June 1767, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Catherine was 38 years old.

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Catherine PROULX married 13 February 1786, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Antoine FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE

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

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

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

1814 Death of Spouse/Partner
Amable PROULX died 3 September 1814, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Death of Child
Catherine PROULX died 28 April 1820, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Catherine was 91 years old.

Death — 1824
28 June 1824
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 95.

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