Joseph PERROT (PERRAULT) dit DUCHESNE

(b. 1 February 1735 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 6 May 1791 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada )

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Joseph PERROT (PERRAULT) dit DUCHESNE was born 1 February 1735 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Joseph PERROT (PERRAULT) dit DUCHESNE was the child of Jean PERROT (PERRAULT) dit DUCHESNE and Marie QUINTIN dite DUBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas PERROT (PERRAULT) and Madeleine RACLOS (maternal) Jean QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Jeanne DALPE dite PARISEAU

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Joseph married Marie-Anne LAFAYE 19 October 1760 in L'Assomption, Canada . Marie-Anne LAFAYE was born 21 March 1726 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne died 29 July 1813 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre LAFAYE and Genevieve BODA.

Joseph PERROT (PERRAULT) dit DUCHESNE died 6 May 1791 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada.

m. Lafaye Marie-Anne

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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-Anne LAFAYE-- Date: 19 October 1760 Place: L'Assomption, Canada
Marie-Anne LAFAYE was the child of Pierre LAFAYE and Genevieve BODA

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1735 Birth
1 February 1735
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PERROT (PERRAULT) dit DUCHESNE and Marie-Anne LAFAYE 19 October 1760, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 25 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.

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.