Madeleine PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE

(b. 24 August 1734 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 15 November 1801 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE was born 24 August 1734 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Madeleine PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE was the child of Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marie Madeleine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Jeanne COULOMBE (maternal) Jean MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) and Marie Madeleine MIRANDE

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Madeleine married Joseph AUTIN 13 May 1782 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph AUTIN was born abt. 1726 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph died 18 May 1803 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Joseph was the child of Joseph AUTIN and Félicité MIVILLE.

Madeleine PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE died 15 November 1801 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Madeleine PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE married

Joseph AUTIN-- Date: 13 May 1782 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph AUTIN was the child of Joseph AUTIN and Félicité MIVILLE

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1734 Birth
24 August 1734
Beaumont, 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.

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE and Joseph AUTIN 13 May 1782, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

She was 47 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)