Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE

(b. 3 August 1732 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 15 March 1801 , Longueuil, Lower Canada )

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Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE was born 3 August 1732 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE was the child of Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marie Madeleine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Jeanne COULOMBE (maternal) Jean MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) and Marie Madeleine MIRANDE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Madeleine CHAUVIN 12 July 1755 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Madeleine CHAUVIN was born 11 April 1739 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Madeleine died 5 January 1783 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Madeleine was the child of Jean CHAUVIN and Marie-Marthe BLAIN dite LUMINA.

Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE died 15 March 1801 in Longueuil, 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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Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE married

Madeleine CHAUVIN-- Date: 12 July 1755 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Madeleine CHAUVIN was the child of Jean CHAUVIN and Marie-Marthe BLAIN dite LUMINA

Children of Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Madeleine CHAUVIN:

Archange-Magdeleine PAQUET (b.6 February 1763, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 January 1809, Boucherville, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste LOISEAU 17 October 1796 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Joseph-Barthelemy PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE (b.17 August 1766, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 February 1847, Napierville, Canada East )
m. Marie FAVREAU 16 August 1790 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Marie-Josette-Suzanne CHOINERE (CHAUNIERE) 7 January 1805 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Alexis PAQUET dit LAVALLEE (b.25 July 1779, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 August 1832, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )
m. Genevieve-Louise PONTON 25 June 1798 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1732 Birth
3 August 1732
Beaumont, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Madeleine CHAUVIN 12 July 1755, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 22 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.

1763 Birth of Child
Archange-Magdeleine PAQUET was born 6 February 1763, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Joseph was 30 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Joseph-Barthelemy PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE was born 17 August 1766, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Joseph was 34 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.

1779 Birth of Child
Alexis PAQUET dit LAVALLEE was born 25 July 1779, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Joseph was 47 years old.

1783 Death of Spouse/Partner
Madeleine CHAUVIN died 5 January 1783, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Barthelemy PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE married 16 August 1790, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Marie FAVREAU

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

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

1796 Marriage of Child
Archange-Magdeleine PAQUET married 17 October 1796, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Jean-Baptiste LOISEAU

1798 Marriage of Child
Alexis PAQUET dit LAVALLEE married 25 June 1798, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Genevieve-Louise PONTON

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

1801 Death
15 March 1801
Longueuil, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 68.

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