François-Xavier MORAND dit DOUVILLE

(b. 12 March 1736 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 9 October 1809 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada )

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François-Xavier MORAND dit DOUVILLE was born 12 March 1736 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

François-Xavier MORAND dit DOUVILLE was the child of Alexis MORAND dit DOUVILLE and Marie-Josephte MASSICOTTE (MASSICOT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MORAND and Marie-Madeleine GRIMARD (maternal) Jacques MASSICOTTE (MASSICOT) and Catherine BARIL

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François-Xavier married Marie-Josephte GERVAIS 8 April 1755 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Josephte GERVAIS was born 2 January 1733 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Josephte died 26 April 1817 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Josephte was the child of Pierre GERVAIS and Louise-Elisabeth VALLÉE.

François-Xavier MORAND dit DOUVILLE died 9 October 1809 in La-Pérade, 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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Family and Children of François-Xavier MORAND dit DOUVILLE

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François-Xavier MORAND dit DOUVILLE married

Marie-Josephte GERVAIS-- Date: 8 April 1755 Place: La-Pérade, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte GERVAIS was the child of Pierre GERVAIS and Louise-Elisabeth VALLÉE

Children of François-Xavier MORAND dit DOUVILLE and Marie-Josephte GERVAIS:

Marie-Josephte MORAND dite DOUVILLE (b.abt. 1755, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Charles-Benjamin VACHON 12 August 1788 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

François-Marie MORAND dit DOUVILLE (b.1 May 1757, La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 23 July 1828, La-Pérade, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne VALLÉE 15 July 1788 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Pierre MORAND (b.22 May 1768, La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 February 1814, La-Pérade, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT 4 February 1794 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

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1736 Birth
12 March 1736
La-Pérade, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier MORAND dit DOUVILLE and Marie-Josephte GERVAIS 8 April 1755 , La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

He was 19 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
François-Marie MORAND dit DOUVILLE was born 1 May 1757, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

François-Xavier was 21 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.

1768 Birth of Child
Pierre MORAND was born 22 May 1768, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

François-Xavier was 32 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)

1788 Marriage of Child
François-Marie MORAND dit DOUVILLE married 15 July 1788, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade) to Marie-Anne VALLÉE

1788 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte MORAND dite DOUVILLE married 12 August 1788 , La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade) to Charles-Benjamin VACHON

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

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Pierre MORAND married 4 February 1794, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade) to Madeleine ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT

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