Pierre-Joseph BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE

(b. 3 April 1733 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 3 September 1801 , Beloeil, Lower Canada )

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Pierre-Joseph BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE was born 3 April 1733 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Pierre-Joseph BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE was the child of Ignace BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Anne JOUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Anne MESSIER (maternal) Joseph JOUET and Marie-Catherine VENNE (VOYNE)

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Pierre-Joseph married Archange PETIT dite LAPRE 2 March 1772 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada . Archange PETIT dite LAPRE was born 29 June 1754 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Archange died 31 March 1838 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire). Archange was the child of Jean-Baptiste PETIT and Marguerite PINEAU (PINEAULT) dite LAPERLE.

Pierre-Joseph BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE died 3 September 1801 in Beloeil, Lower Canada .

m. Lapre Archange

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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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Archange PETIT dite LAPRE-- Date: 2 March 1772 Place: Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada
Archange PETIT dite LAPRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste PETIT and Marguerite PINEAU (PINEAULT) dite LAPERLE

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1733 Birth
3 April 1733
Varennes, 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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Joseph BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Archange PETIT dite LAPRE 2 March 1772, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He 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.