Jean-Baptiste RICHER dit LAFLECHE

(b. 27 October 1734 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 7 December 1803 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste RICHER dit LAFLECHE was born 27 October 1734 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste RICHER dit LAFLECHE was the child of Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE and Marie-Charlotte HAMEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre RICHER dit LAFLECHE and Dorothee BRASSARD (BRASSART) (maternal) Jean HAMEL and Christine-Charlotte GAUDRY dite BOURBONNIÈRE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Laurent LECAVALIER 10 October 1763 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Laurent LECAVALIER was born 18 August 1739 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Laurent died 25 December 1818 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Marie-Laurent was the child of Louis CAVELIER and Elisabeth GOYER.

Jean-Baptiste RICHER dit LAFLECHE died 7 December 1803 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada.

m. Lecavalier Marie-Laurent

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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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Marie-Laurent LECAVALIER-- Date: 10 October 1763 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Laurent LECAVALIER was the child of Louis CAVELIER and Elisabeth GOYER

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1734 Birth
27 October 1734
La-Pérade, Canada, New France

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste RICHER dit LAFLECHE and Marie-Laurent LECAVALIER 10 October 1763, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 28 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.