Joseph-Jacques TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE

(b. 30 August 1700 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 30 July 1777 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Jacques TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE was born 30 August 1700 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Joseph-Jacques TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE and Marie-Renee LORION and the grandchild of: (maternal) Mathurin LORION and Jeanne BIZET

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph-Jacques married Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU 06 April 1723 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU was born 16 April 1704 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie-Madeleine died 10 June 1779 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Joachim LOISEAU and Agnes CHICOINE.

Joseph-Jacques TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE died 30 July 1777 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, 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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Joseph-Jacques TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE married

Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU-- Date: 06 April 1723 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU was the child of Joachim LOISEAU and Agnes CHICOINE

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Children of Joseph-Jacques TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE and Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU:

Joachim TELLIER (b.21 September 1724, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 28 November 1790, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS 4 February 1749 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Madeleine TELLIER (b.21 May 1726, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 18 March 1790, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre-Joseph RICHARD dit LAFLEUR 12 September 1747 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE (b.17 March 1729, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. , )

Pierre TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE (b.9 May 1731, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 21 November 1812, L'Assomption, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephte BEAUDOIN 14 February 1752 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie TELLIER (b.20 July 1733, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 18 November 1755, L'Assomption, Canada, New France )
m. Louis JANSON 29 January 1753 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Judith TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE (b.22 June 1735, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 20 June 1820, St-Jacques-de-l'Achigan, Quebec, Canada)
m. Alexis VAILLANT 8 October 1753 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Ambroise TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE (b.13 February 1738, Laval, Canada, New France d. 11 October 1802, Saint-Sulpice, Lower Canada)
m. Elisabeth GILBERT dite LAFRAMBOISE 30 June 1761 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE (b.20 February 1740, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 7 December 1773, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph DALPE dit PARIZEAU 7 February 1763 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Jean-Baptiste TELLIER (b.29 October 1741, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 28 February 1781, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Anne JUILLET 3 February 1766 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Monique TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE (b.23 May 1744, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Monique TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE (b.18 May 1746, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Antoine MARION dit FONTAINE 5 October 1762 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)
m. François PELLETIER 12 January 1808 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1700 Birth
30 August 1700
Varennes, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1723 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Jacques TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE and Marie-Madeleine LOISEAU 06 April 1723, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 22 years old.

1724 Birth of Child
Joachim TELLIER was born 21 September 1724, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Joseph-Jacques was 24 years old.

1726 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine TELLIER was born 21 May 1726, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph-Jacques was 25 years old.

1729 Birth of Child
Joseph TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE was born 17 March 1729, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph-Jacques was 28 years old.

1731 Birth of Child
Pierre TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE was born 9 May 1731, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph-Jacques was 30 years old.

1733 Birth of Child
Marie TELLIER was born 20 July 1733, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph-Jacques was 32 years old.

1735 Birth of Child
Judith TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE was born 22 June 1735, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph-Jacques was 34 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Ambroise TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE was born 13 February 1738, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Joseph-Jacques was 37 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE was born 20 February 1740, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph-Jacques was 39 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TELLIER was born 29 October 1741, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph-Jacques was 41 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Marie-Monique TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE was born 23 May 1744, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph-Jacques was 43 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Marie-Monique TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE was born 18 May 1746, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph-Jacques was 45 years old.

1747 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine TELLIER married 12 September 1747, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Pierre-Joseph RICHARD dit LAFLEUR

1749 Marriage of Child
Joachim TELLIER married 4 February 1749 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS

1752 Marriage of Child
Pierre TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE married 14 February 1752 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Marie-Josephte BEAUDOIN

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Marie TELLIER married 29 January 1753 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Louis JANSON

1753 Marriage of Child
Judith TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE married 8 October 1753, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Alexis VAILLANT

1755 Death of Child
Marie TELLIER died 18 November 1755, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph-Jacques was 55 years old.

1761 Marriage of Child
Ambroise TELLIER dit LAFORTUNE married 30 June 1761, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada to Elisabeth GILBERT dite LAFRAMBOISE

1762 Marriage of Child
Marie-Monique TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE married 5 October 1762 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Antoine MARION dit FONTAINE

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 of Child
Marie-Louise TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE married 7 February 1763, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Joseph DALPE dit PARIZEAU

1766 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste TELLIER married 3 February 1766, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Marie-Anne JUILLET

1773 Death of Child
Marie-Louise TELLIER dite LAFORTUNE died 7 December 1773, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Joseph-Jacques was 73 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.