François LAVALLÉE dit PAQUET

(b. 24 March 1756 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 11 April 1800 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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François LAVALLÉE dit PAQUET was born 24 March 1756 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

François LAVALLÉE dit PAQUET was the child of Jean-François PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Madeleine COURAULT dite COULON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marguerite DEBLOIS (maternal) Jean-François COURAULT dit COULON and Marie-Anne BURELLE (BUREL)

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François married Marie-Geneviève MERJACQUES 3 April 1780 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève MERJACQUES was born 28 August 1761 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Geneviève died 16 March 1831 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Marie-Geneviève was the child of Nicolas MERJACQUES and Marie-Josephte GOGUET (GOYETTE).

François LAVALLÉE dit PAQUET died 11 April 1800 in L'Acadie, Lower 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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François LAVALLÉE dit PAQUET married

Marie-Geneviève MERJACQUES-- Date: 3 April 1780 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Geneviève MERJACQUES was the child of Nicolas MERJACQUES and Marie-Josephte GOGUET (GOYETTE)

Children of François LAVALLÉE dit PAQUET and Marie-Geneviève MERJACQUES:

Catherine LAVALLEE (b.abt. 1788, , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 February 1860, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East)
m. Antoine COUPAL 8 August 1808 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1756 Birth
24 March 1756
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
François LAVALLÉE dit PAQUET and Marie-Geneviève MERJACQUES 3 April 1780, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 24 years old.