Antoine DUBOIS dit JOSEPH

Born

23 April 1705 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

4 January 1770 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Joseph-Antoine DUBOIS dit LAVIOLETTE Louise PLUMEREAU

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Born: 23 April 1705 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph-Antoine DUBOIS dit LAVIOLETTE

Mother: Louise PLUMEREAU

Maternal grandparents: Julien PLUMEREAU dit LATREILLE , Jeanne BARBIER

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Antoine married Angélique PICARD 18 January 1734 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France . Angélique PICARD was born abt. 1708 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Angélique died 27 October 1763 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Angélique was the child of Jean-Gabriel PICARD and Madeleine-Angélique RAPIN.

Antoine DUBOIS dit JOSEPH died 4 January 1770 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, 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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Antoine DUBOIS dit JOSEPH married

Angélique PICARD
Marriage date: 18 January 1734
Marriage place: Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France
Angélique PICARD was the child of Jean-Gabriel PICARD and Madeleine-Angélique RAPIN

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Birth — 1705
23 April 1705
Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1734 Marriage / Partner
Antoine DUBOIS dit JOSEPH and Angélique PICARD 18 January 1734, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

He was 28 years old.

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

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.