Joseph DELAGE dit LARIVIERE

(b. 14 August 1746 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 10 January 1815 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Joseph DELAGE dit LARIVIERE was born 14 August 1746 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Joseph DELAGE dit LARIVIERE was the child of Pierre DELAGE and Marie-Anne GELY (GELLY) dite LAVERDURE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Laurent DELAGE and Marie-Renee BEZEAU (maternal) Jean-François GELY (GELLY) and Marie-Anne L'ANGELIER

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Joseph married Marguerite LEDROIT 26 October 1769 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite LEDROIT was born abt. 1748 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marguerite was the child of François LEDROIT and Marie-Charlotte BOUVIER.

Joseph DELAGE dit LARIVIERE died 10 January 1815 in Québec, 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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Marguerite LEDROIT-- Date: 26 October 1769 Place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite LEDROIT was the child of François LEDROIT and Marie-Charlotte BOUVIER

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1746 Birth
14 August 1746
L'Ancienne Lorette, 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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DELAGE dit LARIVIERE and Marguerite LEDROIT 26 October 1769, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 23 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.