Jean-Baptiste LACHAISE dit LAVIGNE

(b. 8 November 1709 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 16 January 1782 , Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LACHAISE dit LAVIGNE was born 8 November 1709 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LACHAISE dit LAVIGNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LACHAISE dit LAVIGNE and Jeanne-Françoise MENARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques MENARD dit LAFONTAINE and Catherine FORESTIER (FORTIER)

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Jean-Baptiste married Helene VALIQUET 2 December 1730 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . Helene VALIQUET was born abt. 1710 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Helene was the child of Pierre VALIQUET (VALIQUETTE) and Marie-Elisabeth CAMPEAU.

Jean-Baptiste LACHAISE dit LAVIGNE died 16 January 1782 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Helene Valiquette
2 December 1730
Boucherville, Qc

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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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Helene VALIQUET-- Date: 2 December 1730 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Helene VALIQUET was the child of Pierre VALIQUET (VALIQUETTE) and Marie-Elisabeth CAMPEAU

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1709 Birth
8 November 1709
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1730 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LACHAISE dit LAVIGNE and Helene VALIQUET 2 December 1730, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 21 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.

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.